What if?
What if China had a plan to start a war between Russia, NATO, and the US?
What if they encouraged Putin to invade Ukraine with the promise to assist Russia if they needed it, but China’s plan was to get Russia to allow them to have access to their territorial waters so that China could launch a nuke towards Europe or the US?
Both NATO and the US would immediately nuke Russia.
With those powers locked into combat China would come out the big winner, all because of a cleverly planned ruse.
Especially if they have underground facilities to protect key personnel in the event some of the radiation reaches those parts of China they plan to rule the world from.