Reread the OP Ed I posted as a communique.
I re-read the article, it sounds like it was written by a westerner, but I will take it at face value. So the Chinese want to keep all of their trade channels open, use Russia's resources, look like a hero for brokering a cease fire..... cake and it too?
They also have their eyes on rebuilding Ukraine (China's Roads and Bridges Program).
The big take away are the parts where it's more than insinuated that they're approaching a point where Russia's continued activity in Ukraine could have substantial economic costs for China, and that China isn't co-signing that check.
In the long term China is azzhole to everyone.
China wants Russian energy, metals, and food and cheaper is better.
China wants Ukraine energy, metals, and food.
Road and Belt is a thing for the ChiComs.
