This thingy about the "China help" igetting too much spin.
The USA put pressure onto China to make comitments and give advertisin airtime to the USA interest, but generally China more willing to take the bad end of the santions than to backstab Russia.
Anyway, the FX reserves worth less at least as much as Guam, so there should be a trade during the sanctions. USA get the FX, China Guam : )
Probably Russia thinking about the same, I am sure there are interesting real estates in the owenership of each santioning country that could make good plot for a Russian military base.
Comes from "Unnamed US sources" so probably BS
Really just sounds like more coordinated smear campaign meant to drag China through the mud.
IMO, you are on the right track, gives them an opening to pile on additional sanctions, just waiting for a trigger.
They are willing to take the bad end because the sanctions are coming one way or another, they know this.
Already the western media are playing the "You are with us or against us" card, which is really BS full of crap
If someone is Serbian right now, their head must be about to blow.
"This is Europe!", "People like us!", "Hitting a hospital!"
I guess Belgrade is in Asia, full of non-white people, and all hospitals have an invincible forcefield.