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The Strait Test: How the Hormuz Crisis Reframed China’s Energy Offer for SE Asia
The Two Sessions, China’s most important annual political gathering, where leaders unveil economic targets and policy priorities, closed in Beijing earlier this month just as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran was intensifying. The timing was not coincidental. The 15th Five-Year ...
China’s Relationship with Iran: More Balancing Act than All In
While China has expressed support for Iran as it faces attacks from Israel and the United States, readouts from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s conversation with Iran’s Abbas Araghchi hint at a more complex position. Wang’s emphasis on the securing of Chinese ...
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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, China’s President Xi Jinping, and Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto, before a military parade, Tiananmen Square, Beijing, Sept. 3, 2025. Sergey Bobylev/POOL/AFP/Sputnik
By Peter Apps As U.S. Vice President JD Vance returned to Washington last weekend after unsuccessful peace talks in Pakistan over the crisis in the Gulf, China’s Foreign Ministry was preparing for a bumper slate of visitors, including Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the leaders of Spain, ...
China Gives Small Refiners More Crude Quotas Amid Iran Oil Disruption
China granted additional crude import quotas to independent “teapot” refiners as it tries to keep fuel production steady during supply disruptions linked to the Iran crisis. The move is aimed at helping those plants maintain officially mandated output levels even as Persian Gulf flows have been strained.
The Strait Test: How the Hormuz Crisis Reframed China’s Energy Offer for SE Asia
The Two Sessions, China’s most important annual political gathering, where leaders unveil economic targets and policy priorities, closed in Beijing earlier this month just as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran was intensifying. The timing was not coincidental. The 15th Five-Year ...
China’s Relationship with Iran: More Balancing Act than All In
While China has expressed support for Iran as it faces attacks from Israel and the United States, readouts from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s conversation with Iran’s Abbas Araghchi hint at a more complex position. Wang’s emphasis on the securing of Chinese ...