Hillary Clinton exposed the plan in 2019:

"You know the only other adversary of ours who's anywhere near as good as the Russians is China. So why should Russia have all the fun? And since Russia is clearly backing republicans, why don't we ask China to back us?"

https://twitter.com/dschlopesisback/status/1638240676721696770?s=46&t=G8osZoHuXTQhHbGFJD4WZg

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