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Try to think for your own why the Russians and the Chinese do not like the idea that whoever takes aggressive steps to keep order within his sovereign borders should not accept others to intervene physically.

Chinese people need to be controlled; otherwise, they will do whatever they want.

Nobody messes with China, nobody messes with the United States, or with Europe, because these are really big entities with a lot of clout and a lot of economic power. They have a place at the table.

A lot of Chinese don't understand why people in the West are critical of China.

I don't care what political party is controlling China right now. All I know is we are all Chinese.

The Chinese are good at repression and can be pretty ruthless about it.

Well, I think both Russia and China have a very strong aversion to interference in internal affairs.

Russia and China are very natural partners. We are neighbors with an immense common border.

I visited the Chinese side last year. The Chinese are in a constant state of military readiness. They have all their nuclear weapons in the area, presumably trained on targets across the border.

So if you look back over the long history of China, they've never tried to take over the world, but they've been quite aggressive in their own neighborhood... in carrying out their own purposes and interests in their sphere of the world.