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Why China worked quietly to help broker US-Iran ceasefire deal
For Beijing, the ceasefire was about oil, stability and staying out of America’s war.
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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (right) speaking with his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar in Beijing on March 31.
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On the April 2026 cover of The Economist is a striking meme-like image: a smiling Xi Jinping gazing at a blurred Donald Trump with the headline, “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake”.
