...and US actions of the past two decades have given global nations a road map to how untrustworthy US promises are. To expect China, facing their own deep level of crisis NOW, to sever relations with a very powerful neighbor nation with whom they are building a global geo-political business financial structure, (The BRICS plus) will only accelerate those plans AWAY from the US.
Also, the Russia conflict gave China an exact roadmap to how a sanction war will play out
...and US actions of the past two decades have given global nations a road map to how untrustworthy US promises are. To expect China, facing their own deep level of crisis NOW, to sever relations with a very powerful neighbor nation with whom they are building a global geo-political business financial structure, (The BRICS plus) will only accelerate those plans AWAY from the US.