Beijing/Hong Kong ¨C China is accelerating its efforts to end the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, walking a diplomatic tightrope as it prepares for a summit next month with U.S. President Donald Trump while trying not to alienate Tehran.
President Xi Jinping¡¯s mid-May meeting with Trump is shaping Beijing¡¯s approach to the Middle East conflict even as the world¡¯s top crude oil importer, reliant on the Middle East for half its fuel, seeks to safeguard its energy supplies, analysts say.
China¡¯s modulated approach to the war has ?protected its back-channel leverage enough that Trump credited Beijing with helping to get Iran to last weekend¡¯s peace talks in Pakistan.
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