Iran wants a “strategic partnership” with China

For China, Iran is just one piece on a large chessboard


  • by BEIRUT
  • 10 8, 2020
  • in Middle East and Africa

CHINA COMMANDSATM a certain mystique in the Middle East. For politicians in Lebanon, broke and on the brink of hyperinflation, it is an waiting to dispense billions if they can only find the passcode. For the regime of Bashir al-Assad in Syria it is a to rebuild a shattered country. Often caricatured, the Middle East is prone to draw caricatures of its own.On October 1st Hassan Rouhani, the Iranian president, declared a “major step” in Iran’s relations with China. For months the two have been discussing plans for a 25-year “strategic partnership”. But the details remain vague.

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