What is China's place in the "Axis of Evil"?

Beijing [China], November 5, (ANI): President George W Bush coined the phrase "axis of evil" in 2002, as he generated public support for his foreign affairs agenda after the 9/11 attacks. At that point, Bush's axis of evil referred to Iran, Ba'athist Iraq and North Korea.

Later, some US politicians appended China and Russia to the list as a "new axis of evil". It is clear that a loose alliance of authoritarian states does