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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
by 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 agoYea, 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 agoChina also doesn't had to "know" about the plans, telling Russia "just in case" to postpone "potential" plans seems quite reasonable.