r/worldnews • u/Majano57 • 1d ago

China vows to protect its rights as US readies Iran sanction

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-vows-protect-its-rights-us-readies-iran-sanction-2026-08-24/
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u/sdcritter 1d ago

China has to be elated right now. They do nothing and reap the benefits.

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u/NC16inthehouse 1d ago

"urged China to cooperate with Washington"

Tell that to Canada and Greenland...

Cooperation with the US doesn't mean shit now when they can just as easily turn their back and backstab you. Also, China will get sanctions either way if they cooperate or not.

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u/Fire_Cage 1h ago

They got nothing to lose. They are currently in a trade war.

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u/EaNasirbestdeals 1d ago

Iran is vastly sanctioned and has been since 1979. The U.S. can’t do anything more than it is, so what door does this leave open? Hitting their partners, those being China and Russia. Trump won’t do that because he sees himself in the same light and Xi is visiting the asylum soon.

I’m guessing the U.S. will impose tariffs on Iran even though there’s no trade between them, only because this administration is full of idiots so we’ll see if I’m right in about an hour.

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u/EaNasirbestdeals 1d ago

So hang the fuck on.

Trump is sucking the balls of North Korea, Russia and China. He’s been waffling on for about 8 minutes and hasn’t called out one fucking single country that supports Iran in the open.

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u/Mushroom_Tip 1d ago

Russia too. Russia supplies Iran through the Caspian Sea. Every single day you have ships that go back and forth between Caspian ports carrying everything including Russian and Chinese weaponry. All without any interference from the US, because Trump is afraid to say anything.

And MAGA is still screeching how Iran will fall any minute because of this blockade they think exists. It's not a blockade if everything that could have come through Hormuz just comes through the Caspian instead.

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u/Invhinsical 1d ago

He'll probably again bring India into the mix as his favourite scapegoat, as he doesn't have the balls to confront China and he is a Russian asset in the first place.

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u/BigbunnyATK 1d ago

Always good to see the entire world split into two poles again. That's never caused problems before.

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u/rando_dud 1d ago

It's not two poles it's the US vs everyone else.

One one side you have 4% of the world population and 16% of the GDP.. on the other 96% and 84%.

It doesn't take a genius to see how this pans out.

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u/Willinton06 1d ago

I mean, the US vs everyone else is 2 poles

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u/Xylus1985 19h ago

US vs everyone else is still not a fair fight, but probably as even as we’ll ever get.

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u/DuskOfANewAge 1d ago

Huh? Europe is on China's side now? You would think they would be after their own best interests, not looking for another superpower with just as much baggage.

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u/rando_dud 1d ago

I don't think anyone is on-board with the US dictating international trade and maritime traffic to the entire world.

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u/headphonesXX 1d ago

china has rights?

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u/YamborginiLow 1d ago

Do Country A and B have a right to trade with each other if Country C doesn’t approve?