As for China, over the last ten years I have predicted at some point Russia and China will go to war. Russia has too much mineral and oil rich land with little population- sitting across from China’s population centres. Ironically, I think China will do the same as Russia did to Ukraine in 2014- some Chinese national gets attacked in a border town and China sends in “ peacekeepers”. Russia is always worried about the west but it will be China who, in 5 years or 50, eat her alive. China isn’t really Russia’s friend.