- The Strait of Hormuz blockade has ensnared the Chinese regime in a political and economic dilemma created by its aggressive strategy, one analyst said.
- The blockade is triggering a devastating rupture in China’s export supply chains.
Beijing, March.28.– Iran has rejected Beijing’s attempt to play the mediator role in the war and request for safe passage of Chinese cargo ships through the Strait of Hormuz, according to insiders in China’s diplomatic circles who spoke to The Epoch Times.
Sun Min, an insider in diplomatic circles who used a pseudonym out of fear of reprisal, told The Epoch Times that Beijing originally planned to leverage its special relationship with the Iranian regime to act as a key mediator in the conflict between the U.S. and Iran, thereby seeking to secure leadership over the “Global South”—developing countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia. However, Iran rejected the idea, according to Sun.
Contrary to external perceptions of close cooperation between the Iranian, Chinese, and Russian regimes, China and Russia actually have conflicting motives regarding Iran, Sun said. Both Beijing and Moscow are attempting to use Iran as a “bargaining chip” to trade for concessions with the United States and alleviate their own diplomatic pressures, according to Sun.
Both the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Russian leaders have been offering advice to Iran, yet Tehran refuses to accept any diplomatic arrangements, Sun said. “Iran’s core demand is now unequivocally clear, which is to seek substantive military assistance, not diplomatic rhetoric.”
This places Beijing in a dilemma ...
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