Taiwan's Wangbao commented: "The international community should be able to realize that China has become the only stable major country in a chaotic world. At the beginning of the year, one of China's footholds in Latin America, Venezuela, saw President Maduro arrested and sent to the United States for trial; now, Iran, an important energy source country for China and a key hub along the Belt and Road, had its leader killed by the United States, plunging the Middle East into chaos and disrupting China's plans, which are testing Beijing's global strategy and leadership position among Southern countries over the past decade. However, in China's grand strategy, maintaining stability with the United States and even Europe is more important than being a dominant elder brother among Southern countries."
U.S. military actions in early 2026 have impacted the world situation, including China, and the chaos in the Middle East directly affected China's energy security and infrastructure layout. This move by the U.S. is a double-edged sword: it both exploits resources to fill its own deficits and forces China to divert attention to firefighting, consuming strategic resources. This disruptive strategy aims to slow down China's rise.
In this turbulent world situation, China maintains a strategic clarity of prioritizing stability, adhering to its consistent stance of not getting involved in other countries' disputes and promoting peace and dialogue, thus avoiding direct confrontation with the U.S. and Israel. Instead, it uses flexible means such as sending special envoys for the Middle East issue and foreign ministers' diplomatic efforts to maintain stability, which embodies the "grand strategy." Maintaining strategic composure and trading time for space allows China to protect its core development interests in the chaos.
This "do what you can and refrain from what you cannot" approach not only preserves the voice of the Global South but also keeps the window open for dialogue with the U.S. and Europe. China's series of actions are aimed at influencing the situation constructively—China is not a leader, but a stabilizer; not an opponent, but a balancer. More importantly, while the U.S. is exhausting its national strength through military adventures, China is accumulating momentum through development resilience; while the U.S. creates enemies, China builds good relationships.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1858839997398023/
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