What if China backed the August coup hardliners or supported the CPRF post-collapse?

This is more of a dumb shower thought than anything else, but I've always wondered the possible outcomes if China supported the August coup hardliners or CPRF post-USSR in a similar fashion to the Western powers supporting Yeltsin's band of liberals (ie. funds, weapons, propaganda, infrastructure, etc.)

Obviously, I get why they didn't. Doing so would only place an early target onto their backs by the West and China had little in the way of connections into Moscow during that era. Also the fact the hardliners didn't have a proper plan and the Zyuganov not exactly being the most dedicated of revolutionaries. Still, makes a man wonder...