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China is stepping up its Iran war diplomacy ahead of Trump’s summit with Xi
China’s top envoy calls for a ‘comprehensive ceasefire’ in the Iran war
Iran foreign minister meets Chinese counterpart a week before Trump’s Beijing trip
Could China push Iran into a peace deal? Only if it gets something in return
Beijing hosts Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi as Trump–Xi summit looms, raising stakes in regional diplomacy
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US deploys half of its aircraft carriers to China’s doorstep
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Science fiction authors were excluded from awards for fear of offending China
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