expansion of some anti western alliance? i expansion of some anti-western alliance? ., ., ., , ., alliance? i have no doubt china wants to play alliance? i have no doubt china wants to play a alliance? i have no doubt china wants to play a bigger- alliance? i have no doubt china wants to play a bigger role - alliance? i have no doubt china wants to play a bigger role in i alliance? i have no doubt china i wants to play a bigger role in the world, in the sense that it wants to be seen as a peacemaker and wants to portray the united states as on the side of war and destabilising various regions in the world. but i would caution against concluding that, because china was successful in mediating the agreement between saudi arabia and iran, that it is keen to play a similar role between russia and ukraine. unless there is an agreement to be had, of course, i think china s playing with saudi arabia and iran was purely opportunistic. it signals an political will to repair their relationsh