China might pretend to be neutral but Chinese President Xi Jinping has deliberately hitched his chariot to Russia's warhorses. The Chinese leader refuses to criticise Russia's President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and instead accuses the US and NATO of prolonging it. China likes to accuse the US of harbouring a "Cold War mentality". However, perhaps closer to the truth is that China itself is pushing the world into two opposing blocs. Russia's war against Kyiv has exacerbated fault lines between democracies and autocracies, something China does not necessarily want since it has toughened anti-China stances in many parts of…