China Wins a Little, Loses a Lot From Russia s War on Ukraine | RealClearPolitics
The second, far larger cost to China may be the deterrent effect of crippling economic sanctions. Communist party leaders, determined to seize Taiwan, must have been shocked by the scale, comprehensiveness, and devastating impact of sanctions imposed on Russia. They must have been shocked, too, by the West s surprising unanimity in imposing them and by Germany s swift about-face despite its dependence on Russian energy and decades of concessionary policies.