Its clear now we are in a middle of ww3. It started imho in Syria. The political movements in the middle east (what is called "The Arab Spring") ended up with a war in Syria. In Syria Putin saw that the US are reluctant to fight. Assad murdered 600,000 Syrian people backed by Putin and Obama was silent. So Putin invaded Ukraine and even then the US kept silent. So Iran saw the weakness of US and tried to invaded Israel. Israel is stronger than Syria and Ukraine and Israel will give the US and EU back the courage to fight Putin and Iran. What will China do? Will it support Putin and Iran or will they keep silent? I think for China the smart move is to stay away from the fights and claim the economic rewards once its over.