From the looks of things, China's putting the onus on the Atlanticist shenangians in screwing up the Minsk Accords on the cause of the current crisis
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I am sure China is reading climate reports and have advance weather satellites..
only countries in North that can store and distribute water on large scale will be able to produce more. the point is to encourage civilization to move up North. and that need alot of money and engineering skills. only countries that have practically demonstrated these skills can be relied on.
I am not saying China does not have options to pursue more neutral course but after pandemic it will get harder to get things that are physical in nature cheaper and abundance (quantity) from anywhere else. Ukraine under Russian management can become Agriculture power house with trains/ truck/ship connectivity to Pacific. This train/truck/ship connectivity cannot be created from anywhere else on this scale. check fuel prices in Europe and compare it with Russia.
49 LNG tankers in December alone. things are exceeding known physical capacity this time of the year.