China recalibrates strategy as Iran conflict rattles its ambitions
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The Iran war is sending ripple effects through China’s economy and strategy: with months of oil supply secured, Beijing worries about energy routes through the Strait of Hormuz, potential disruptions to its Middle East investments, and broader global-market risks; its relationship with Iran remains transactional rather than strategic, and while China seeks to project stability and potentially mediate, it remains careful to avoid getting dragged into conflict as it weighs its own economic slowdown and US competition.
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- Opinion | China waits and watches as the US fights all its tigers at once South China Morning Post
- U.S. insiders see Iran war hurting China-backed ‘Axis of Chaos’ The Japan Times
- Beijing Doesn’t Think Like Washington—and the Iran Conflict Shows Why Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- How Iran Became China’s Weapon The Free Press
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