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南華早報·16:30

Opinion | As US-Iran war shows, China’s influence can’t sec…

China is becoming increasingly important to the Gulf’s economic future. Yet the Gulf remains capable of disrupting China’s own. That is the contradiction exposed by the US-Iran war. Beijing’s importance as an energy customer, investor and technology partner has grown, but its ability to guarantee the maritime routes connecting the Middle East to East Asia remains limited. The next contest in global energy will concern not only who produces and consumes it, but who can preserve access when...

#Diplomacy#China-Middle East relations#China energy security#US-Israel war on Iran#Middle East#Energy

南華早報·18:30

From digital yuan to AI, China signals reach to Oman amid g…

China and Oman have agreed to deepen cooperation in BeiDou satellite navigation, artificial intelligence and the digital economy, as Beijing seeks to expand the overseas applications of its home-grown technologies during the Sultan of Oman’s historic first visit to China. Analysts said the agreements reflected Beijing’s efforts to tap potential infrastructure opportunities in Oman as the Gulf state’s strategic importance grew amid the Middle East conflict. The agreements were signed during the...

#Belt and Road Initiative#France#Oman#Middle East#China#Alicia Garcia Herrero

TaiwanPlus·16:36

Taipei Slams Oman for Backing Beijing's Sovereignty Claim

#Cross-Strait Relations#Oman#One China Policy#China

南華早報·06:16

Netanyahu is pressing Trump to attack Iran after US midterm…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for another wave of strikes on Iran after Tuesday’s midterm elections in the United States, according to two regional officials and a third person familiar with the matter. A return to full-scale war with Iran could help Netanyahu to form an emergency government after he and his far-right allies lost their parliamentary majority in last week’s elections. US President Donald Trump has alternated between threatening major strikes while pushing...

#US-Israel war on Iran#United States#Donald Trump#Iran#Benjamin Netanyahu#US midterm elections 2026

南華早報·19:45

Talks are the only way out, China tells Iran as US threat h…

China’s top diplomat has again stressed the need for a political settlement to strife in the Middle East, telling a senior Iranian official in Beijing on Monday that armed conflict was not the way out. “As conflicts in the Middle East drag on and risk further spillover, dialogue and negotiation remain the only viable path forward,” Wang Yi told Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. “All parties should … focus on a political settlement in a rational and...

#China-Middle East relations#Ethiopia#Middle East#Egypt#Saudi Arabia#United States

南華早報·17:20

China and Oman unite in Mideast peace call on sultan’s ‘his…

China and Oman have called for a peaceful resolution and full ceasefire between the US and Iran, stressing that safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz must be restored. The call came during talks in Beijing on Monday between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq. In their joint statement, Beijing and Muscat encouraged the United States and Iran to resume dialogue and reach a “comprehensive agreement that includes the nuclear issue”. The two sides also affirmed that...

#China-Middle East relations#China#Oman#Iran#United States#Middle East