China and Russia's Military Alliance: Implications for the West

“Overt deployment of troops is a straightforward operation; deployment before it becomes manifest is a surprise operation. If we mount a surprise operation and the enemy does not respond to it, the victory is ours. An excess of surprise operations, however, will overshoot the mark of victory.”
Sun Pin
It has been a long time since I interviewed Mr. Wang of Lude Media. Given Russia’s latest moves, and the emerging crisis in the Caribbean, I thought it was time to take a sounding of Mr. Wang.
JRN: Russia has been making preparations against NATO in the West, with the movement of troops from the Russian Far East to Kaliningrad, and indications that Chinese military officers and staff moved to the Kaliningrad headquarters. What is China’s role in the midst of these preparations?
LUDE: There is no doubt that China and Russia are together and are enemies of the free world. The United States is trying to split this alliance of Russia and China. But the possibility of Russia waging war against …