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The plans for the war were drafted likely in 2021, and maps printed in Jan 2022. https://old.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/t55fov/anonymous_confirm_that_the_in

• zthrowaway 5y ago
  Came here to say this. It seems likely that China would've known about the plans around this, and delaying this to post olympics is in China's best interest. I don't see how people are finding this claim to be far-fetched.
  • bostonsre 5y ago
    Yea, it seems obvious that Russia would be extremely dependent on China with their plan. Even if China didn't explicitly ask them to hold off until afterwards, I would assume that putin would have been smart enough to wait for the end of the olympics to avoid stomping on their prestige.
  • dathinab 5y ago
    China also doesn't had to "know" about the plans, telling Russia "just in case" to postpone "potential" plans seems quite reasonable.