| 来源类型 | Commentary
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| 规范类型 | 评论
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| Who Wins When U.S.-Iran Tensions Rise? China |
| Jon B. Alterman
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| 发表日期 | 2019-05-20
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| 出版年 | 2019
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 概述 | The Sino-Iranian relationship advances Chinese interests — and particularly when Washington tries to turn the screws on Tehran. |
| 摘要 | The Sino-Iranian relationship advances Chinese interests — and particularly when Washington tries to turn the screws on Tehran.China’s leaders may be anxious about the emerging trade war with the United States, but at least something is going their way: U.S. policy toward Iran is furthering their strategic interests.
Of the several “comprehensive strategic partnerships” that Beijing has struck in the Middle East, the Sino-Iranian one is the most comprehensive and the most strategic. China has established similar close ties with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, but Iran represents a contrarian’s bet and a vital hedge for China.
One reason the Iranian relationship serves China so well is that it is not a relationship of equals. China is Iran’s largest trading partner, supplying and consuming more than 30 percent of the latter’s imports and exports. The converse is not true at all: Iran represents less than one percent of China’s international trade. Iran needs China, but to China, Iran is expendable.
But part of Iran’s value to China arises because of U.S.-Iranian tensions, and heightened tensions increase that value.
This article was originally published on Defense One.Read the full article on Defense One |
| URL | https://www.csis.org/analysis/who-wins-when-us-iran-tensions-rise-china
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| 来源智库 | Center for Strategic and International Studies (United States)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/330104
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Jon B. Alterman. Who Wins When U.S.-Iran Tensions Rise? China. 2019.
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