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January 8, 2025

The U.S. Has a Chance to Push Back against China in Syria

Beijing wants to side with Russia and Iran against America and Israel.

Prior to October 7, observes Grant Rumley, Chinese diplomats were accustomed to “calibrating their language to avoid offending either side too greatly” when speaking of the Israel-Palestinian conflict. They have since shifted more firmly to the anti-Israel side, both because of China’s alliance with Russia and Iran, and also, presumably, to garner sympathy from anti-Semitic constituencies in the Muslim world and in the West:

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