Russia Ukraine war, page-222929

"Your assessment of the relationship is counter to evidence though, Xi goes out of his way to give a warm friendly reception to Putin and cold shoulder to Blinken and 10% Joe Biden"

China wants to pay Russian Subsidised Domestic prices for the gas they buy from Russia. GASPROM is on one leg now, they want to shoot the good leg.
So far, they have being refusing to pay for any of the pipe line either.


https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/russia-china-gas-pipeline-deal-stalls-over-beijings-price-demands-ft-2024-06-02/