Russia amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine, but that support has a breaking point, according to one expert. 

"China has been cheerleading, and enabling … and protecting the Russians," James Carafano, vice president of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation, told Fox News Digital.

But if China faced harsh penalties in the form of tariffs, that would change. 

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"I think the Chinese would totally throw the Russians under the bus," Carafano said. "Second, it creates a pain point for China."
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Ukraine owes China a staggering $5.7 billion, EU and US are Chinese biggest trading partners

The only thing China can do is to keep off openly and tactically back Russia silently


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