But in Ukraine, China would be in the right, the side of angels, so to speak. Remember what China and you guys have been saying all this time, that it has been the US/NATO who have been the provocateur, the aggressor, and the oppressor.
Russia's regional airline pilots must "simultaneously be pilots and aircraft technicians," according to a Russian minister.
www.newsweek.com
Pilots of regional Russian airlines will be instructed to carry out maintenance on their own aircraft, amid sanctions imposed on the country following its invasion of
Ukraine.
Can China at least send some airplane mechanics? You designed/built your own airliner, so surely you are capable of fixing airplanes, right? Russian aviation is now in dire need of wrench turners and meter readers thanks to the brutality of US/EU sanctions. Surely a few busloads of airplane mechanics would endear China into the hearts of Russians everywhere.
Face it, buddy, when the time came and the risk of a fight is real, China backed down. The world is watching China's responses here and in the South China Sea.