[dr_who]

I'm wondering if this is a preview for a future standoff between China and the US over Taiwan. Hopefully Taiwan is better prepared for an attack than Georgia was, but with the missiles pointed at Tblisi by the aggressor, the unrestrained threats by Russia at anyone and everyone, and the fact that Georgia is in Russia's backyard makes you wonder if Putin's buddies, the Chinese are studying the dynamics of this very carefully.

Makes me wonder if free world is reaching its high water mark. Putin probably thinks so.

[the anti-liberal]

Hopefully Russia and China aren’t working together to weaken the US for mutual fun and profit, er I mean gain.

[Thunder90]

I have always thought that the security measures surrounding the Olympics were cover for Chinese military movements towards Taiwan.

[AprilfromTexas]

I suspect they are planning something along those lines when the Olympics are over.

[ketelone]

The Chinese are no buddies of Putins. He’d as soon see them in the trash can. Putin does not want an emerging superpower encroaching on his eastern borders.