I think Xi has gotten to Putin, and Xi has ulterior motives for doing so. The old “Let you and him fight!” trick.
I add that’s exactly what Stalin did when he signed the Non-Aggression Pact with Hitler, he knew it meant War in the West. He just didn’t count on France losing so easily.
“He just didn’t count on France losing so easily.”
Neither did France.
>>I think Xi has gotten to Putin, and Xi has ulterior motives for doing so. The old “Let you and him fight!” trick.<<
Like tying us up in Europe, so we have a harder time responding when they take Taiwan.