Assad's explanation of the sociopaths leading Modern Western Geopolitical "policy" is the soberest, most accurate by a country's head yet.
They pushed Eastwards despite everyone and their mother warning that this would provoke war for over a decade: Why? It's an open secret the end goal is to defang Russia by balkanizing them into 4 to 6 countries and other tactics, all for the purpose of maintaining their hegemonic status. Apart from the threat posed by its sheer existence while being "independent" from the West, Russia has also been a giant pest in Syria, Iran, and Venezuela, and needs to be taken down.
China has been pretending to be neutral but in the last 4/5 days have been more and more openly siding with Russia, albeit in a soft manner. It's an understatement to say that China's economic interests in the EU, U.S., the West as a whole, completely dwarf their interest in Russia, and everyone knows China favors its own economic interest above everything (and everyone

), so why risk it? It's the meme that's been going around online ever since the U.S. started to more openly try to bully China into joining their sanctions. Basically, the U.S. is telling China,
"Be a good lad and help us get rid of your friend so that we only have you to concentrate on. It'll make things so much more comfortable for us when we are punching you."
So, China may actually need to make sure Russia survives this as intact as possible, despite the economic risks. They know the West can't take them on without sacrificing their own economies, so for now, they are much safer (than Russia). Even sanctioning Russia is proving to be taxing already, sembuse China?