Maybe, but China would be taking a big bet that Russia wouldn’t make that 500 million dead Chinese when Putin decides to use that aging Russian nuclear arsenal. A better deal would be for the two of them to come to some deal that benefits both of them such as Chinese funding in exchange for Russian space and gas.
Jed Eckert: ...Well, who *is* on our side?
Col. Andy Tanner: Six hundred million screaming Chinamen.
Darryl Bates: Last I heard, there were a billion screaming Chinamen.
Col. Andy Tanner: There *were*.