China will politely play along with Vlad when it suits their own interests, but they are not going to risk their economic ties to North America, Europe, Australia.Putin gets more NATO expansion for his troubles
we get a military and strategic bond between Russia and China that we misplayed into
Ukraine loses "transit fees" and gets pulverized
Western Europe gets more expensive energy sources as supplies are imported by tanker instead of pipeleine
Great Northern Sea is a long term soluton
more pipelines under construction between Russia and China'
If Australia shifts to Europe, more LNG tankers even if is goes around the Horn from Russia
It's a yuge reshuffling of the deck- everyone loses
We send more money to Ukraine to make up for transit fee loses
Biden, NATO, EU, and our Pacific-Asian allies are going to make Putin's Russia a politically and economically isolated Rogue State, a pariah that won't be able to do business with the West for decades, or at least as long as Vlad is around.
I don't take pleasure in saying that. The actions of the notorious war criminal Vlad Putin are going to hurt the interests and welfare of innocent people in Russia who don't deserve it..