Xi is also well aware that everyday, new alliances on anything under the sun are being forged by external forces, all with the same horseshit of containing China, as if China had been posing such a threat and is extending its military reach into other country's territory or that China has created wars against others. Nothing of the sort is evident, and in fact China is doing just the reverse by brokering the Iran and Saudi Arabia peace deal.
Xi will be visiting Putin next and is expected to have a video conference with Zelenskyy immediately after that, possibly to forge another peace deal, and that is making the USA and Nato terribly nervous and petrified. Of course the USA and Nato will demonise the move in ways they are best at, to prevent China pulling off yet another deal of global significance.
And yet the White Curse has found it necessary to continue to sell their warmongering ideology by rallying allies to confront China. The Africans already knew the agenda of the USA and the West, which is why they loath meeting Western leaders visiting Africa, and wanting only to talk about China's threats and debt traps. What they see is not what they hear from the West about China's intention in Africa.
The real reason for all the animosity created by the USA is that the USA and Western countries are fearful of China overtaking the USA and putting an end to the US hegemony with de-dollarisation. Putting down China by erecting hurdles and sanctions against China is to ensure that no one else can rise to compete with the USA, so that it can remain on top forever.
The USA can force down other countries like Japan and Germany from rising, snuffing out Iraq and Libya with its military power. China and Russia are not that easy preys and they had to rally and use proxies to carry out their evil plans. Russia alone has shown its resilience in the face of so many enemies coming together just to take it down. China is not going to be an easier target than Russia and its people are more united and patriotic than during the Opium War years.
Now again resorting to use saber rattling by gloating over the nuclear submarine deal with Australia, presumably to scare China. And Finland is trying to frighten Putin by its posturing to send fighter jets to Ukraine. Not now, as I understand, but by 2025. 2025? Will Ukraine still be there?
As I said, since the USA and the West is proliferating nuclear weapons by selling nuclear submarines to Australia, I think it is time for Russia and China to do the same by selling nuclear subs to Iran to protect its interest in the Persian Gulf. China and Russia can also play the same game, right? Last but not least, North Korea has succeeded in firing nuclear capable missiles from submarines. That is something to ponder about for Japan and South Korea.