The Iran Uprising Viewed from China
Beijing won’t save the regime, but it will suffer from its collapse.
January 13, 2026
Beijing won’t save the regime, but it will suffer from its collapse.
While Tehran and Beijing enjoy good relations, and see each other as allies against America, it is unlikely that China will come to the ayatollahs’ rescue. Tuvia Gering, drawing on public Chinese sources, concludes that the Communist regime has seen the Islamic Republic as weak since the collapse of Hizballah and the twelve-day war. Given China’s “transactional and risk-averse approach to Iran,” it has no interest in staying loyal to an ally whose star has fallen.
Beijing won’t save the regime, but it will suffer from its collapse.
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While Tehran and Beijing enjoy good relations, and see each other as allies against America, it is unlikely that China will come to the ayatollahs’ rescue. Tuvia Gering, drawing on public Chinese sources, concludes that the Communist regime has seen the Islamic Republic as weak since the collapse of Hizballah and the twelve-day war. Given China’s “transactional and risk-averse approach to Iran,” it has no interest in staying loyal to an ally whose star has fallen.
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