Yes and no, the entire plan was given 2 weeks before the vote, and China and Russia rushed to give an alternative. I've seen nowhere that the expectation was to veto, just to not endorse the plan, which neither country did. Back before the Korean war, the Soviet Union boycotted the UNSC decision to invade Korea, but we all know that wasn't an endorsement either. I suggest you read China's statement, if you haven't already.

As for your strawmanning of me, you absolutely are.

1. China did not endorse the plan to disarm the resistance. On the contrary, we know that will never happen anyways.

2. I'm not a Chinese nationalist, I'm a Marxist-Leninist. I have criticized China, I even said I would rather they take a more millitant stance in anti-imperialism rather than continue their present strategy. I think they are more than strong enough to do so in a way that the soviet union wasn't sustainably.

3. I never once asked "why don't "arabs" do armed uprisings against their oppressors." I'm fully aware of the resistance's stance towards the PA/PLO, and I'm also aware that China was pivotal in the 2024 Beijing Declaration that resulted in the following:

According to the declaration, the factions agreed to achieve "a comprehensive Palestinian national unity that includes all Palestinian factions under the PLO framework, and to commit to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital […] with the help of Egypt, Algeria, China and Russia". They stated that this would take the form of a temporary national unity government. They further "agreed to deploy all efforts to lift the Israeli blockade on Gaza and ensure the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid into the enclave".[15]

Side note: Algeria broke this by endorsing the plan.

The declaration also stressed the Palestinian people's right to resist the Israeli occupation in accordance with international law and the United Nations charter and to thwart any attempts to displace Palestinians from their land.

China did not endorse the plan, knows that the resistance will never disarm, and was caught between the PLO's endorsement of the plan and the resistances opposition to it. They abstained, and committed to working to establish Palestinian statehood, including the right to remain armed.

As I said, I would have rather them veto it anyways, but your framing of them as endorsing the plan and making a full pivot into participation in TRUST is what I take issue with. I wish China was doing more, but at the same time I'm not going to pretend they're the same as the US here.