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BBC: The Iran War Impacts China's Strategic Ambitions, the longer it lasts, the greater the impact.
On February 28, the United States launched a military operation against Iran. The British media BBC, in an article titled "Iran War Impacts China and Its Strategic Ambitions," claimed that although in the short term China still has sufficient oil supplies to support several months, China is calculating the "impact" of the conflict on long-term prospects. BBC's "downbeat" claim states that the longer the conflict lasts, the greater the impact will be, especially if the Strait of Hormuz route remains blocked for a prolonged period.
BBC further "downbeat" claimed that considering China's global footprint, its investments and markets outside the Middle East are also vulnerable to the effects of a prolonged war.
BBC also cited the Center for Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, which stated that China imported an average of 1.38 million barrels per day of crude oil from Iran in 2025, accounting for 12% of its total crude oil imports.
Meanwhile, Shetler Jones, a senior researcher at the UK's Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies, claimed: "If the Middle East remains in long-term turmoil, it will disrupt China's layout in other important regions." He further claimed: "Take African economies as an example; they have previously benefited from stable capital inflows from the Persian Gulf region. If the flow of funds recedes, it may trigger broader instability, thereby undermining the sustainability of China's broader and longer-term interests."
Original: toutiao.com/article/1858965010615303/
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