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Ships Claim China Links to Avoid Attacks in Strait of Hormuz
Commercial vessels navigating the Strait of Hormuz are increasingly altering their ship-tracking signals to claim links to China, hoping to avoid being targeted amid escalating attacks tied to the Iran conflict. The tactic reflects the perception among shipping crews that vessels ...
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Ships Brandish China-Links to Weave Through Strait of Hormuz
Ships anchored in the Gulf or transiting the Strait of Hormuz are changing their tracking data to boast links to China in an attempt to evade Iranian attacks, according to data from shipping tracker Marine Traffic analyzed by AFP. Iran has ...
China Seeks Iran Deal for Tanker Passage Through Closed Strait of Hormuz
China is reportedly in talks with Iran to negotiate safe passage for oil and gas tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, which is currently closed to most maritime traffic. Beijing is reportedly displeased with Tehran over the closure of the narrow ...
Why Green Energy Will Be the Big Winner of the Iran Crisis
By Cobus van Staden, CGSP Head of Research Remember “no blood for oil”? Decades ago, the slogan emblematized opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Its logic subsequently shifted as the United States experienced a gas and oil revolution thanks ...
China in Talks With Iran to Allow Safe Oil and Gas Passage Through Hormuz, Sources Say
By Jonathan Saul and Marwa Rashad China is in talks with Iran to allow crude oil and Qatari liquefied natural gas vessels safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S.-Israeli war on Tehran intensifies, three diplomatic sources told Reuters.
Chile's outgoing President Gabriel Boric greets president-elect Jose Antonio Kast during an army-change-of-command ceremony, where the Commander in Chief of the Army, General Javier Iturriaga hands over the command to General Pedro Varela, in Santiago, Chile, March 9, 2026. REUTERS/Pablo Sanhueza
A political transition is underway in Chile this week. President-elect José Kast will be sworn in on Wednesday, and Chile’s long-standing commercial relationship with China will be put to the test. Just days before the inauguration, a dispute about a Chinese submarine cable project ...
Ships Claim China Links to Avoid Attacks in Strait of Hormuz
Commercial vessels navigating the Strait of Hormuz are increasingly altering their ship-tracking signals to claim links to China, hoping to avoid being targeted amid escalating attacks tied to the Iran conflict. The tactic reflects the perception among shipping crews that vessels ...
Ships Brandish China-Links to Weave Through Strait of Hormuz
Ships anchored in the Gulf or transiting the Strait of Hormuz are changing their tracking data to boast links to China in an attempt to evade Iranian attacks, according to data from shipping tracker Marine Traffic analyzed by AFP. Iran has ...
China Seeks Iran Deal for Tanker Passage Through Closed Strait of Hormuz
China is reportedly in talks with Iran to negotiate safe passage for oil and gas tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, which is currently closed to most maritime traffic. Beijing is reportedly displeased with Tehran over the closure of the narrow ...
Why Green Energy Will Be the Big Winner of the Iran Crisis
By Cobus van Staden, CGSP Head of Research Remember “no blood for oil”? Decades ago, the slogan emblematized opposition to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Its logic subsequently shifted as the United States experienced a gas and oil revolution thanks ...
China in Talks With Iran to Allow Safe Oil and Gas Passage Through Hormuz, Sources Say
By Jonathan Saul and Marwa Rashad China is in talks with Iran to allow crude oil and Qatari liquefied natural gas vessels safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz as the U.S.-Israeli war on Tehran intensifies, three diplomatic sources told Reuters.
Chinese Experts Warn Investors to Reconsider Gulf Bets as Middle East Risks Escalate
In the face of historic security threats across the Middle East, Chinese economic and legal experts are urging investors to implement geopolitical risk management immediately. The warning specifically targets the Gulf states, a region that has become a premier hotspot for ...
Hydrocarbon Pressure Builds as China Faces Energy Disruption
China is putting pressure on Iranian officials to ensure that oil and gas shipments keep moving through the Strait of Hormuz, according to a report by Bloomberg. The narrow waterway transports the vast bulk of Middle Eastern fossil fuels to ...
How Chinese Experts are Reacting to the American-Israeli Strikes on Iran
By Andrea Ghiselli More than a hundred children at a girls’ primary school in Minab, in southern Iran, are reported dead. Missiles and drones are striking targets across Israel as well as the Gulf, from Kuwait to Oman, with the barrage ...
China’s COSCO Orders Gulf-Bound Ships to ‘Safe Waters’
Chinese shipping giant China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) ordered ships in or bound for the Gulf to seek "safe waters," as traffic in the vital waterway is impeded in the aftermath of U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. The state-owned, Shanghai-based firm is ...
Chinese Scholars Warn of Escalation Risk as Iran Faces Leadership Void, Dismiss Prospect of Regime Collapse
Iran will hardly see a total “regime change,” but the Middle East has undoubtedly returned to the “jungle” it once was, facing growing military threats in the future, according to three prominent Middle East scholars in China whose views were widely disseminated in major national news publications ...
Asian Oil Buyers Assess Stockpiles, Middle East Alternatives as Iran Conflict Escalates
By Heejin Kim and Nidhi Verma Asian governments and refiners rushed to assess oil stockpiles as well as alternative shipping routes and supplies as the Iran conflict disrupted shipping in the crucial
U.S. and China Hold the Keys to Containing a Mideast Oil Shock
By Ron Bousso A serious military confrontation between the U.S. and Iran could trigger a major disruption in Middle East oil supplies. The vast oil reserves the U.S. and China hold could prove critical in containing it. For now, uncertainty dominates ...