China Chooses Commerce Over Comrades After Rubio’s Diplomatic Checkmate
In the high-stakes chess game of international politics, alliances often prove as fragile as a house of cards when economic interests are threatened. As tensions escalate in the Middle East following President Trump’s decisive strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities this weekend, Tehran’s retaliatory threats have revealed just how quickly allegiances can shift.Iran’s Parliament recently endorsed a provocative measure to close the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that serves as a critical choke point for global oil shipments. Approximately 20% of the world’s oil consumption flows through this maritime corridor daily.
For China, which has positioned itself as Iran’s staunch ally, the threat poses an acute dilemma. Chinese imports from Iran surpassed 1.8 million barrels per day last month, creating a dependency that the Trump administration was quick to recognize.
It was Secretary of State Marco Rubio who made the strategic move, directly challenging Beijing to rein in its ally during a Sunday interview on Fox News.
And they did!
Read what China said to Iran
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