Btw. if it should come to a showdown my bets are on US+NATO+ASEAN+Japan+South Korea+Israel vs Russia+China+Iran+North Korea
ASEAN, Japan, South Korea and China are likely to remain neutral in case of the WW3. China want to grow at the expense of both the Russians and the Americans. If the Americans destroy the Russians, it will indirectly benefit the Chinese. They will have millions of sq.kms of mineral and resource rich Siberian land for themselves.
I dont see china staying neutral because china is the direct economic opponent of the us.
And in the end money will govern the world.
The US know that and will probaly fight china sooner or later.
Dont think the US would like to see china get endless resouces through siberia.
china has a rather aggresive foreign policy in SEA, so alot if ASEAN Member states are very careful about china.
South korea and japan have pretty much the same stance.