Russia and China were neighbors.
In the past, the two countries had a good relationship.
However, over the past few decades, there were some changes.
They were no longer as close.
However, they existed in relative stability.
This time, Chekov agreed to the conditions that China had set for Joseph and his men to participate in their research.
Russia would also benefit from sending a top scientist like Joseph to help.
However, China had ended up benefiting more with the mere mention of Shepherd.
Naturally, Chekov had a plan.
The United States had alien spaceships. If they ever made anything out of them, it would put Russia in danger, among others.
Their international status would inevitably decline.
But China had some alien spaceships of their own, and Russia had aligned themselves with China.
The United States would not act so rashly with that in mind.
