Kissinger's Assessment of China's Plan for Ukraine

Kissinger was at pains to explain why it might be in China's national interest. I think China does this in part because it doesn't want to clash with the United States. If Russia is totally defeated, the Chinese Russian evolution cannot end with a total Russian defeat and Chinese acquiescence. In this new reality, China warns an independent Ukraine. The way Kissinger sees it, it's not in their interest for Russia to be humiliated after the war.