China’s armed forces secretly trained about 200 Russian military personnel in China late last year and some have since returned to fight in Ukraine, according to three European intelligence agencies and documents seen by Reuters.

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    15 hours ago

    Even without the war China would still get cheap oil from Russia. Putin is expending huge resources in attempting to take Ukraine, it’s not going to give any land to China. A Ukraine at peace would provide business opportunities for Chinese businesses.

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      13 hours ago

      You don’t know what you’re talking about. They’re getting to purchase it at the same cost as Russians do, which is below cost. This is an agreement Russia made with them in exchange for some support (I don’t remember what, it was a while ago).

      A Ukraine at peace would provide business opportunities for Chinese businesses.

      OK, and it’ll be there whenever it finishes too. Hell, it’s there now. This is a stupid argument. It’s not like there are a lack of places to invest in.

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        13 hours ago

        It’s a selling point that Europe would tell China to get it to persuade Putin to end the war. If China refuses, then Europe would end it on its own. Remember in my proposal, if Putin rejects the offer, the UK and France would send troops to Ukraine.