You hit the nail on the head. China knows the more we buy from them, the less likely we are to seriously stop any of their antics in the future.
I don't see Russia being too keen on attack China either, considering they both basic fought over the border many time in 1960s and 1970s to a draw. Considering part of the withdraw of weapons from Europe, they went to storage in Siberia and Far East to beef up those units in case things went south...
Besides the Chinese and Russia have seem to be close. With Putin as Prime Minister, I don't see Russia being to open to anything, unless of course it leads to bringing some of the former Republics back under the direct control of Moscow and some troublesome Muslim regions in his own back yard.
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