China has a strong army and armaments, has industry, but not enough resources for industrial capability
So under blockade China is vulnerable to the west, and without Russia’s alliance and resources at that, it is critically vulnerable.
Russia has everything, so it is not vulnerable. Yes, the west can hold back Russia’s economic development with sanctions, but it cannot win. That is why the west pours many millions into its agents of influence in Russia to undermine the state from within.
Now Russian liberals, working off 30 pieces of silver from the British embassy, are in a chorus blowing that the CSTO troops must leave Kazakhstan, and not interfere with policemen cutting heads off “free people” there. At that, they are not against the NATO troops in any country of the world, they are even glad to have them.
And in Kazakhstan, one of the slogans of the “protest” was “shal, ket!” Shal is an insulting reference to the “Russian-speaking Kazakhs,” while ket means go away. It turns out that they (both Russian liberals and “protesters”) serve the same master; they act together against Russia.
That is why foreign agents, all those Russian liberals, are Russia’s most dangerous enemies: after all, the West is not at war with Russia with missiles and not on the fronts, but with foreign agents and on the streets. And the extent of their harm cannot be underestimated.
Alexander Skubchenko