China was Iran's biggest oil customer before the war and is poised to receive privileged treatment in allowing its boats to pass through the Hormuz Strait. Image: X Screengrab

TOKYO — As Donald Trump’s military adventurism hits Iran, Chinese leader Xi Jinping could be excused for wondering if the US president is trolling him. After all, Xi’s Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was still smarting over Venezuela when news broke of a US-Israeli bombardment over the weekend that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. […]

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