Xi goes to Moscow tonight to see his 'no limits' mate, Putin.
Why on earth does the big man need to travel to the unpopular country now to visit an internationally wanted Putin, when he could just pick up the phone and have a chat?
Supply weapons or, God forbid, troops, to the Russain disaster in Ukraine? Not on your life, at least in regard to Chinese troops. Weapons? maybe.
But no, Xi is not going there to give Putin support, but to ask for it.
According to an expert in Chinese/ Russain relations, Dr. Alexander Korolev, Xi is going to Moscow to get support for his Taiwanese ambitions. Only such an important discussion can be had in person. Xi needs to look into Putin's eyes when the answer comes.
Why, because as we all know, (except for some of the Hotcopper egomaniacs), taking Taiwan requires the removal of the 7th Fleet, which in my view, is going to be significantly easier than many think. Thier argument goes that the US is so powerful that China won't even want to tackle them. But they couuldn't be more wrong. The 7th Fleet is just one, albiet very powerful, but only one within short range of the entire Chinese military. China has so many missiles pointing at the 7th, that it is physically impossible to withstand them, espeically the the YJ-21 that falls from space.
Very soon, the US 7th Fleet, like the recent Moskva, and in WW2, the Bismark, Prince of Wales, and the Yamoto, all spectacular prides of fleets, sunk like ducks. The age of the battleship in war finished in WW2. Now we live in the age of missiles.
Throughout history, paradigm shifts have occurred in warfare. When the sword was invented, sticks and stones didn't stand a chance. When the bow and arrow came, it was as effective as the machine gun in later years. Gunpowder?
Anyway, while the world watches the Ukraine war, and these threads are dominated by it, the real war is developing. This war will come soon, when unfortunately, China is likely to make a Pearl Harbour event out of the 7th Fleet, and Australia is left holding the ticking time bomb, simply by being part of the International Fleet upholding safe passage in the Sth China Sea all these recent years, an 'act of war' according to the CCP.
What happens then?
Here is my take:
https://hotcopper.com.au/posts/66835811/single 
