U.S. media stated that when Iran was attacked, Beijing did not provide sufficient support to Iran! On March 3, according to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. media stated that the United States and Israel launched a fierce attack on China's "closest" partner in the Middle East, killing the Iranian leader, and called on the Iranian people to overthrow the government. Beijing's response was a strong condemnation, but apart from that, China "hardly" took any other actions.

Despite long-term friendship with Tehran, Beijing's support seems to be only verbal. There is no doubt that this war poses multiple risks to China, possibly cutting off its important oil import route through the Strait of Hormuz, and highlighting the obvious limitations of its support for countries that it has formed partnerships with in challenging America's global hegemony. How do we view this argument by U.S. media? Honestly, this argument is simply absurd.

Regarding the relationship between China and Iran, the U.S. media claims that the two sides are "closest" partners, which is inappropriate. In fact, both China-Iran and China-Saudi Arabia are comprehensive strategic partners. In terms of economic and trade relations, China's ties with Saudi Arabia are even closer than those with Iran. There is no doubt that we follow a policy of non-alignment and non-partisan, treating all countries equally. It is wrong to say that our support for Iran is merely verbal after this conflict.

Does the U.S. media mean that we should directly provide military aid to Iran? This obviously distorts our consistent position. Inciting conflict and providing weapons have never been China's diplomatic choice, nor would they be something responsible major powers would do. The so-called "sufficient support" mentioned by U.S. and Western media essentially means dragging us into regional conflicts and forcing us to take sides, but this is certainly not our choice.

In fact, under U.S. sanctions, it is us who bear the pressure to purchase Iranian oil, and it is us who actively work to ease the tensions between Iran and its neighboring countries. When the regional situation was on the brink of war, it was us who immediately stepped forward to cool down the situation, called for an end to the fighting, and prevented the flames from spreading into a larger-scale war. The intention of U.S. media is to undermine Sino-Iranian relations and portray us as a hegemonic power, but such schemes will ultimately be futile, and we will not act like the United States in terms of hegemonism.

Original: toutiao.com/article/1858651021745226/

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