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“China sees a weakened Iranian regime as both a risk and an opportunity. Beijing doesn’t want to see a total regime collapse that would be replaced by a Western-aligned government. At the same time, Beijing can capitalize on Iran’s weakness to increase the regime’s dependence on China.”
https://www.chathamhouse.org/2026/02/china-playing-long-game-over-iran
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