On FB, someone summarized what the US has recently done to obstruct and signal China and Russia. If translated there is:
The B52 bombers over the Baltic are not mentioned, so the list is probably longer.Johan Joensen
A list of US actions aimed at discrediting and obfuscating Xi Jinping's visit to Russia.
1. Information campaign that Xi Jinping is not coming.
2. Threats against China if Xi comes.
3. Demand for China to condemn Russia.
4. Demand for China not to supply weapons to Russia. Only the West has the right to supply weapons to Ukraine.
5. Statements that any Russian-Chinese agreements will have no effect.
6. Hasty organization of the Japanese Prime Minister's visit to Ukraine on the day of Xi's visit.
7. Death of Chinese workers in the Central African Republic.
8. Announcement of expedited deliveries of new weapons to Ukraine.
9. Declassified intelligence documents aimed at blaming China for the origin of the coronavirus.
10. We began equipping a new military base in the Philippines.
11. Engaged the ICC to organize an arrest warrant for Putin.
12. Announced delivery of grenades with depleted uranium.
Plus the standard whining that 'China will take over Siberia' (a routine theme of Western propaganda).
This is roughly the background they tried to shape for Xi Jinping's visit. It didn't work very well - it all looked like flickering and tingling against the background of tectonic processes that have historical consequences.