> Lets not forgot pushing themselves into the arms of China who ideologically hates them.
No, they "made up" recently. Russia supports Chinas claim to Taiwan and China supports Russias claims.
This makes the whole situation even more ugly.
No, they "made up" recently. Russia supports Chinas claim to Taiwan and China supports Russias claims.
This makes the whole situation even more ugly.
* Russia is foreign country, invading other country. China respects sovereignty. Their claims for Taiwan are based on that - Taiwan is not independent according to their narrative. Huge military invasion into Taiwan is against this ideology. It proves that Taiwan was not part of China.
* If they are OK with invasion of Ukraine, then other countries have arguments for invading China, and help Tibet, Inner Mongolia or Xinjiang to be independent nations. China really does not want that.
As Mao Zedong put it, "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun".
They need to be logical to maintain the image.
But it does not seem like logical consistency is the driving force of their foreign policy.
A rival for influence in Central Asia backing you committing to a fight in Europe that aligns the rest of the world strongly against you as long as it persists might not be doing it because they support you in any meaningful sense of the word.