From the recent 12 days Israel-Iran conflictIn the wake of China’s regional crisis, China made it a potential mediation and a voice for a reason.
Beijing contacted both sides on the second day after an indebted attack on Iran on June 2 June, although the highest diplomacy in the country, Wang Yi, condemned Israel’s action as a violation of international law.
Chinese President Xi Jinping appealed to D-Acquisition soon, while in the United Nations Security Council, China demanded a “immediate and unconditional war.”
When Iran threatened to block Hormuz’s strategic significance, through which 20 percent of the world’s oil goes away, Beijing is also quick to speak.
Instead, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs “urged the international community to initiate efforts to reduce conflict and to prevent regional confusion from the global economic development.”
The role of Beijing throughout the conflict remained true on the point of view of his long -term non -direction about foreign hostility. But experts say that the ambition of becoming an influential player in the Middle East was helped and instead exposed the confusion of its confusion in the region.
Why China was worried
As with some countries and Especially the United StatesChina traditionally contacted foreign policy to foreign policy instead of “conceptual unity lenses”, said Evanjlin Cheng at the National University of Middle East Institute, Middle East Institute, Singapore.
This approach means that China will always focus on protecting its financial interests, many of them are many in the Middle East, Cheng told Al Jazir.
China is investing in the growing Tech sector of Israel, and Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Iraq, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates are investing in Israel’s Belt and Road Infrastructure Project.
Seriously, China depends on the Middle East for the import of more than half of its crude oil and is the highest consumer of Iranian oil. A long -term war would have been disrupted by his oil supply, as well as Hormuz’s strategic significant Iranian blockade – the Parliament of Tehran during the struggle.
Alam Saleh, senior lecturer of Iranian study of the Australian National University, said, “War and security instability only underlines Chinese investment and trade and business, not only trade and business, but also underline the price and gas energy security.”
He said, “Therefore, China searches stability and any kind of military settlement for any kind of conflict and conflict disagree and opposes it, no one has made a difference,” he said.
John Gong, a professor of economics of the International Business and Economics University in Beijing, told Al Jazira to avoid China’s highest concern through conflict, “avoiding oil prices” which would endanger his energy safety.
Diplomatic muscle flexing, protection of financial power
Aware of China’s friendly relationship with Iran and Beijing’s financial fear, US state secretary Marco Rubio told Beijing that Tehran was prevented from closing the Strait of Hormuz because this week’s negotiations were postponed.
It was a small moment to confess to the influence of Beijing, but experts say that China’s overall diplomatic effect is limited.
“China underlines the desire to see the mediation as a responsible world player, but its real benefit is limited,” Cheng said. “China’s role in this region is essentially limited to military capacity or deep political influence and Israel’s precautions with Beijing with Iran.”
Certainly, Beijing has shown the ability to broker in the major diplomat deals in the region. In 2023, the generalization mediation made Relationships between Iran and Saudi Arabia?? While the huge diplomatic victory for China is seen as a victory, experts say that Beijing gave many success to co -operative mediators, Oman and Iraq. China also intervened Contract in the Palestinian groupsOn July 224, with Hamas and Fatah, under which they promised to work together on the stewardship of Ghaza after the ongoing war on the Ankle of Israel.
But William Yang, a senior Asia’s senior analyst in the Brucells-based International Crisis Group, said that the braveness of Israel’s relationship with Iran has increased the chances of China since the beginning of China’s latest conflict.
In 2021, China and Iran signed the 25 -year “strategic partnership” and is actively involved in the Iran Belt and Road project. Iran has also joined the Shanghai Co -operative Association led by Beijing and participated in China’s “Maritime Security Belt” Navy exercise this year.
The Iranian “strong opposition to American dominance” more widely aligned with China’s diplomatic interests, said Yang, compared to the closest relations with the United States of Israel.
China
This is a situation that may be repeated in the future, he said.
“In this case, China also strengthens the folds: Although they want to be seen as a major power capable of mediation in the big global struggle, it reduces the ability to play with specific parties in the current struggles,” Yang said.
Until now, in Beijing, a security guarantee in the region will rely on the United States, he said.
Yang said, “It is clear that China will continue to focus on financial investment with countries in the Middle East, when taking advantage of the presence of the United States in the region, which is a primary security guarantee for regional countries.”
He said, “On the other hand, the United States involved in the struggle of the United States by bombing the Iranian nuclear sites in the struggle of the United States, creating China’s moral elevation in the field of diplomacy and presenting itself as a more restrained, calm and responsible big force,” he said.
