China also does not want NATO any where near them. using Russia as a buffer is a valid strategy.

“If you want evidence of Russia’s increasingly subordinate role in its relationship with China, President Vladimir Putin recently revealed that his “little ones” – a reference to his younger family members – are fluent in Mandarin.” Winds of change are blowing Mr Allison. I know that you cant feel them in your gigantic mansion but for all of us down here, holding your foundation level we are seeing things bend and brake in the hurricane like gale.