Updated: 2 days ago
The Israel-Hamas war has revealed a deep-seated cognitive dissonance emanating from Beijing’s assumptions about and approach toward the Middle East.
China has sought to portray itself as a neutral party in the conflict, an apparent attempt to position itself as a peacemaker. However, Beijing has refused to condemn Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel or the role played by Iran in executing these attacks. Instead, Chinese officials, state-controlled media outlets, and social media platforms blame Israel and the U.S. for the war.
But the underlying premises driving China’s approach seem increasingly out of sync with the shifting realities of the Middle East.
China claims to be friends and partners with all countries in the Middle East, asifthat were possible.
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