There's no such thing as "plausible deniability" in those things and Russia knows full well China's views on the war.

"Russia knows full well China's views on the war."

Do we really know them? We know what china has publicly announced.

Sure, we know what China has publicly announced. The Russian government is not we, the general public.

I mean, do we know what the head of the CP thinks of the war?

Officially they critizice it, but stand by russia anyway. Internally they might be cheering, or really frowning.

> have plausible deniability with their Russian allies perhaps

Russia is China's biggest permanent enemy, with its size and ambitions, together with the fact that it is the only foreign country that still occupy lands traditionally owned by China, you'd need a bullet in the brain to believe that Russia is China's ally. It is the single largest threat to China's security & future stability.

Seeing the poor performance of Russia troops in the last two weeks offered huge comfort to many Chinese like myself - a weak Russia & an incapable Russian armed forces is a solid foundation of the peace of our generation.

> a weak Russia & an incapable Russian armed forces is a solid foundation of the peace of our generation.

> of the peace of our generation.

Thanks, got a laugh from that.

or as tsar Putin says "special military peacekeeping operation in Ukraine" goes as planned.

Sadly - you missed the joke. My comment wasn't about Russia.

Allies tend to be politically convinent, not BFFs forever.

Enemy it may be but China is a good hedge against sanctions where Russia can still trade without Swift.

No disrespect but, isn't CCP the biggest enemy of Chinese as a people in the long run. I mean even if Russia occupies China, what can it do that CCP hasn't already done.

You have 2 facts: 1. the CCP made average Chinese citizens 30x richer in 30 years. 2. somehow everybody in the West thinks CCP is bad and believes Chinese people hate their government.

These 2 facts don't match, and you should think why, maybe some propaganda is at work.

Edit: crap I forgot I'm green, which looks so bad when I make this kind of arguments.

As the saying goes the enemy of your enemy is your friend. Third Reich (Nazi Germany) and Soviet Union were also allies before Operation Barbarossa.