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Large-scale sanctions if china were to help russia with aids sanctions, and the key thing there is large scale. that's a qualifier. to understand exactly how far this diplomatic relationship will go. china and russia have had a history of closer cooperation since becoming under increasing scrutiny over issues like human rights. but on the other side of the last five, six years they've been getting closer and closer. china is russia's largest trading partner. and now obviously the west is trying to push russia to its favored trading status to get tighter. >> they are very much cornering china. ...