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China’s Top Diplomat Wang Holds Call With Iranian Counterpart
China's foreign minister held phone discussions with his Iranian counterpart, Beijing state media said Tuesday, reporting that Iran said it was "willing to exercise restraint" after its first-ever attack on Israel's territory. Israel has vowed to respond to the unprecedented Iranian missile ...
China Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ Over Iran Attack on Israel
Beijing expressed “deep concern” on Sunday over Iran’s missile and drone attack on Israel, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said. Iran on Saturday launched more than 200 drones and missiles at Israel in an unprecedented attack, the Israeli army announced, in a ...
Dissecting China’s Response to Iran’s Drone Attack on Israel
China's rather subdued response to Iran's weekend attack on Israel is loaded with strategic complexity. William Figueroa, an assistant professor at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and one of the world's foremost scholars on Sino-Iran relations, posted a multi-part ...
Scholar’s Comments Hint That China May Not Have Expected Iran to Strike Israel
One of China's leading foreign policy scholars appeared on national TV last week and firmly declared that Iran would not launch a direct strike on Israel in response to Israel's bombing of the Iranian embassy in Syria. Dong Manyuan, a senior ...
China Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ Over Iran Attack on Israel
Beijing expressed "deep concern" on Sunday over Iran's missile and drone attack on Israel, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said. "China expresses deep concern over the current escalation and calls on relevant parties to exercise calm and restraint to prevent further ...
China Urges U.S. To Play ‘Constructive Role’ in Middle East
China urged the United States to play "a constructive role" in the Middle East on Friday after its top diplomat Wang Yi spoke with his U.S. counterpart Antony Blinken over the phone. Blinken used the call to ask Beijing to use ...
Blinken Asks China, Others to Rein in Iran on Israel
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has asked China's foreign minister and other counterparts to use their influence to dissuade Iran from striking Israel, the State Department said Thursday. Blinken spoke by telephone over the past day to his Chinese, Turkish, ...
U.S. Intelligence Report Details Mounting Anxieties Over China’s Increased Influence in the Global South
The U.S. intelligence community is becoming increasingly worried about Beijing's desire to challenge U.S. leadership around the world with the introduction of a new Chinese-led international governance architecture. The intelligence community (IC) detailed its concerns in the latest edition of an ...
China’s Defense of Palestinians’ Right to Armed Resistance Gets Muted Response in Israel, Welcomed by Both Hamas and Iran
The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas and its Iranian backers both welcomed a strongly-worded statement delivered late last week at the International Court of Justice that said Palestinians' use of force to "resist foreign oppression" is an "inalienable right." Beijing's top diplomat for ...
The Global South is Entering a New Era Led by China, Not the West: Chinese Scholar
The decline of the U.S. and the West is a foregone conclusion, as is the rise of the Global South, led by China, and these trends are going to take precipitous strides this year. This view is outlined in a new paper by a Chinese academic and ...
UK Foreign Secretary Cameron to Pressure China Over Red Sea Attacks
UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron is the latest Western politician who apparently feels he can persuade China to use its influence to rein in Iran-backed Houthi militants attacking cargo vessels in the Red Sea. Cameron said he is going to ...
WEEK IN REVIEW: Iran, Russia and China Will Conduct Joint Naval Exercises in March
Iran, Russia and China will conduct joint naval exercises in March, according to Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani. Details on the specific location of the war games and what other countries have been invited were not announced. The three countries conducted similar drills last year at ...