>If China joins it, that's going to be a problem. Will it really be, though? China has their own system with CIPS, so if there's any joining, it will be Russia

>If China joins it, that's going to be a problem. Will it really be, though? China has their own system with CIPS, so if there's any joining, it will be Russia joining that. Then if Russia joins that, the West has a pretty strong political reason not to use it, then what you end up with is a controversial, lower-quality standard in competition with an already established standard. Like sure, Firewire was sort of a thorn in USB's side, but look who won.