China Presents Russia With an Escape Hatch on Sanctions

Beijing could help make up for Russia’s lost gas sales to Europe if Putin invades

EVER SINCE the Ukraine crisis began heating up several months ago with the massing of Russian troops on the country’s borders, President Joe Biden has repeatedly threatened Moscow with “enormous” economic sanctions if it invades the neighboring former Soviet Republic. But as the United States and the European Union debate what those sanctions should be,…