[Manthink]

My own thinking is with the Ukraine war no end in sight and all the nato seem to be ganging up against Russia, Russia need to prepare for a potential showdown with nato and for that moment the more allies they have on their side the better. China also buay song US so pulling in China as allies is a good strategy. It can start off with opening of this port.

Let us not forget what N-A-T-O really means..

So the Chinese does the reverse - O T A N = Only Take Actio-N