China has historically played the role of 'wild card' in US-Soviet/Russian geopolitical dynamics since the Nixon-Kissinger era; China is good at exploiting this position and sees economic opportunity in supplying Russia while the West cuts it off.
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Martin SixsmithEvidence Quote
“it's always been a three-way Dynamic haven't you go back to the days of Nixon and Kissinger and China was always the sort of wild card that was played in that cold war scenario and I think China is very good at exploiting that card um economically it's a great opportunity for China because Russia is losing clients in the west so China sees an opportunity to clean up economically”
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How The West Can Stop Putin, with Exiled Critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky | Intelligence Squared— Intelligence SquaredCreated: 8/10/2026, 10:56:34 PM
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