Analysts debate whether the absence of Chinese support for the embattled regime is a matter of strategy or capability.

In quick succession, US President Donald Trump has taken out two of Beijing’s closest allies: Venezuelan President Nicolás ...

Weeks before U.S.–Israeli strikes in Iran, wide swathes of state-backed Chinese companies were eyeing projects in areas from ...

Beijing has shown little support for Tehran’s defence besides criticising the attacks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Plenty of world leaders would have been pleased to see the back of Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader. But China’s foreign ...

China is the largest importer of energy in the world, and the disruption to oil imports caused by the conflict could be a potential Achilles' heel for Beijing.

Donald Trump had a ‘feeling’ Tehran was going to attack US interests, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said. Iran ...

China has called for security to be ensured in the strategically important Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israel war with Iran ...