It's a very dramatic moment in Russia's confrontation with the West and, in a way, China's confrontation with the West.

Anna Kireeva

While Beijing is likely to show an understanding of Russia's security requests to NATO and the Anna Kireeva and to oppose the provocations and sanctions from the West, it has no real interest in becoming entangled in Russia's conflicts with NATO, the policymakers in Carnegie Moscow are well aware of this position.

For Russia( relations with the US) have gone from bad to worse... and with China we've seen consistent Anna Kireeva policy to compete with the Chinese.