Originally Posted by
Big Pistons Forever
Allowing stolen Boeing aircraft to fly in Chinese airspace is a clear sanctions violation. I think there would be a significant negative response from the US government which will directly compromise Chinese global business interests. China is, like usual, playing both sides of the board but not to the extent that support for Russia has a significant cost to China. The proof of provenance requirements is IMO a quite elegant solution. It will in practice deny Russian aircraft entry into Chinese airspace, thus placating the US but without directly targeting Russia as they can tell the Russians it applies to everyone.
Yep, that is when you follow the Western rules. However, neither China, nor Russia are following these rules. They have their own and when these match with the Western ones, OK, so be it, but without a match, they follow their own, using all kinds of bent logic to justify, etc. Think about the state wise organized doping programs in these countries, winning at all costs, adherence to Western ethics is just stupidity, a sign of weakness, for these countries. Think about the absurd reasoning Russia used to invade Ukraine, which by now got bent to just the Nazi's "Lebensraum" approach.=.