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[โ€“] [email protected] 64 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As with the Ukraine war, China's posturing as a Middle East peacemaker lacks credibility due to its one-sided stance. Beijing cannot expect its rhetoric to be taken seriously when it is so cavalier with its principles.

Do you think he wrote that with a straight face.

[โ€“] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago

Author definitely isn't mad that China mediated the Saudi-Iranian normalization while the US has been pushing for Saudi-Israeli normalization without success.