This week, the U.S. obtained information signaling that China may be open to providing aid to Russia in the form of military and financial assistance. China denied claims that Russia requested assistance and Russia has said it did not ask Bejing for military aid, but a U.S. official warned that if China was helping Russia they would not admit it. It remains unclear if China plans to help Russia in their invasion of Ukraine, but during a seven-hour meeting in Rome between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leaders, Biden warned that there would be “potential implications and consequences” if …