You might be correct.
I can see the logic underlying your post.
I read it from start to finish’
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Meanwhile, it's uncertain that China particularly wants peace in Ukraine. While the war continues, Russia becomes more and more dependent on China. So China doesn't necessarily want Russia to win and the war to stop. Maybe some sanctions by China on Russia might kill two birds with one stone = weaken Russia further, stopping it from winning, making it beg China for support and agreeing to swap Siberia for agreeing to buy methane from Russia.
While the war in Ukraine continues, China could keep buying more and more and more of Siberia until it owns all the way to the Urals and what the heck, why not to the border of Hungary and Norway?
Americans are certainly short-sighted. Boris and Euroserfs will soon be reporting to Saudi Arabia's Koran quoters. China is back!
Americans should immediately call a truce, say sorry to Vlad and agree to put Russia in NATO and start shipping resources west instead of east. Exxon could start oil and gas exploration and production, mining and whatnot in Siberia. Heck, even sell some to China. Unclear to me that Team Russia, willing to risk planetary nuclear war in view of arguable existential crisis involving Ukraine, would uncharacteristically go easy on ceding Siberia involving China. What do you think?
I doubt the age old wish by Poland to see Chinese troops on their border in the absence of Russian troops would happen.
If my suspicion is borne out, yes, likely better and even best to free-trade Siberian goodies for RMB as opposed to dollars and euros that Russia is not allowed to spend, and best to remain friendly with Russia so that the goodies traded does not necessitate the transfer of gold, even if at Rouble 5000 per (gram?) something.
Should there be actual danger of secondary sanctions by Team USA for free-trade with Russia, that makes Team China choose to feed and house Chinese or be denuded of USA / Nato markets for vacuum cleaners and plastic flowers, then cross that bridge when at the bridge
Let’s see Teams USA / Nato choose MoreInflationNow and risk social cohesion
Let’s watch Germany and France and see how they choose
France tee-ed up for Sunday (today) choosing
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