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Could China be drawn into the Iran war?

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Jared Reed
May 9, 2026

China says one of its oil tankers was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week. It's unclear who was behind the strike. Beijing is a key ally of Tehran, but has thus far stayed on the sidelines of the US-Iran war.

We ask Andrea Ghiselli, who worked in China for almost a decade, and today is a lecturer in international politics at the University of Exeter in the UK if China, a key ally of Tehran, is likely to be drawn into the US-Iran conflict.

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