China going on land grabs is in the near future, it's a structural necessity. At best, this delays it only a few years. There is no good outcome here, there ar

China going on land grabs is in the near future, it's a structural necessity. At best, this delays it only a few years. There is no good outcome here, there are only terrible and bad. The largest threat in the world today is China -- it's rise to superpower is going to be a larger catastrophe than this one. Russia just wants NATO out of its backyard, that's a cheap price for Russian allegiance on China. It would've been in the wests interests to give them it; letting Ukrainians live. Russia will take it anyway, and now, the price will be much higher for everyone. China will exploit this to the full, and the west has only won here a minor strategic battle.