Foreign media said that the turmoil in Iran is causing trouble for China! On January 14, according to foreign media reports, foreign media stated that the anti-government protests in Iran may cause China to lose an important "ally". After the US president overthrew the leader of Venezuela, Washington's latest move in the Middle East has also brought new setbacks to China's efforts to diversify its energy supply. Because China remains the largest trading partner of Tehran, China purchased an average of 1.38 million barrels of Iranian oil per day in 2025, which accounts for about 12% of China's total oil imports.

However, the latest situation in Iran has significantly increased the risks of China's trade relations with Tehran, and its initial ambitions in the Gulf political field have also become "fragile". Any change of regime in Iran could cause China to lose a "comprehensive strategic partner", obviously, China's loss in the Middle East could be much greater than in the "backyard" of the United States. Next, Beijing will face a "difficult" balancing act. What do we think of this argument from foreign media? To be honest, such arguments are nothing but alarmist rhetoric.

In fact, China is a non-aligned country, so how can there be an "ally" in the first place? Whatever happens within Iran is internal affairs of Iran. Foreign media firmly claims that there will be a change of regime in Iran, but even if there is a change of regime, it is too hasty to conclude that Iran would turn against China. China's cooperation with Iran is based on economic complementarity. More directly, Iran needs our capital, technology, and market, which has nothing to do with who comes to power.

Foreign media seems to ignore some facts, that is, Iraq's largest trading partner is China, and Argentina's pro-US president Milei now very much hopes to visit China. Has foreign media asked why? For developing relations with Middle Eastern countries, we have no geopolitical ambitions, we want peace, cooperation, and deepening economic and trade relations, that's all. Foreign media views us through a lens of bloc confrontation, which can only be a huge misjudgment. We are not facing a difficult balance at all, our option is to support non-interference in internal affairs and hope that the situation in Iran will stabilize as soon as possible.

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