>Western policy risks building up a big Asian military alliance. I wonder if China's plan is to give Russia enough aid to keep the war going and build a sizeab

>Western policy risks building up a big Asian military alliance. I wonder if China's plan is to give Russia enough aid to keep the war going and build a sizeable debt, but not enough for Russia to actually win. In that plan, China would hold economic and political power over Russia. I don't see why China would want Russia to win. A nuclear neighbor run by a defacto dictator high on the spoils of war? NATO strengthening ties and military forces in response to a major adversary? Sounds terrible. A subservient neighbor without access to any other advanced country's economy, so you can squeeze them on imports and exports, and they also have nukes you can rattle by proxy? Chance of NATO calming down after a few years of good behavior from Russia? Sounds nice¹. ¹Not nice for anyone but China, of course.