{"id":50518,"date":"2026-04-03T19:45:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/50518\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T19:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:45:33","slug":"china-europe-and-why-beijing-took-a-swing-at-iran-over-the-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/50518\/","title":{"rendered":"China, Europe and why Beijing took a swing at Iran over the Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a rare condemnation of its strategic partner, China has come out in opposition to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/middle-east\/article\/3346278\/un-security-council-demands-iran-halt-attacks-gulf-states?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iran\u2019s attacks on Gulf nations<\/a>, calling for a ceasefire and a guarantee of the safety of shipping lanes.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Addressing a UN Security Council meeting on Thursday, Fu Cong, China\u2019s permanent representative to the United Nations, said: \u201cChina does not support Iran\u2019s attacks on Gulf Cooperation Council nations and condemns all indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians and non-military targets. The security of shipping lanes must not be disrupted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Fu reserved his harshest comments for the US and Israel, describing their military strikes as \u201cthe origin of <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/us-israel-war-iran?module=breadcrumb&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">this war<\/a>\u201d. The fundamental way to prevent escalation required the US and Israel to halt their military actions, he said.Fu did not specify the shipping lanes he was referring to but the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/global-economy\/article\/3348425\/how-hormuz-attacks-stoke-oil-shock-fears-and-memories-1970s-stagflation?pgtype=live?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, through which about a fifth of the world\u2019s oil and gas supplies usually passes, remains largely closed to maritime traffic, leaving global markets in turmoil.Tehran has allowed ships from countries such as China and Pakistan <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3348534\/3-chinese-ships-exit-strait-hormuz-petrochina-stresses-operations-stable?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">to go through the strait<\/a>, saying it was only closed to \u201cIran\u2019s enemies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In recent years, Europe has replaced its dependency on Russian pipeline gas with reliance on global liquefied natural gas, particularly from Qatar, making it more vulnerable to maritime chokepoints such as the Hormuz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a rare condemnation of its strategic partner, China has come out in opposition to Iran\u2019s attacks on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50519,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[17847,19884,383,262,54,8947,537,4666,102,34,37,6367,12831,101,1243,51],"class_list":{"0":"post-50518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-strait-of-hormuz","8":"tag-alborz-province","9":"tag-b1-bridge","10":"tag-beijing","11":"tag-china","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-fu-cong","14":"tag-germany","15":"tag-gulf-nations","16":"tag-hormuz","17":"tag-iran","18":"tag-israel","19":"tag-kaja-kallas","20":"tag-karaj","21":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","22":"tag-united-nations","23":"tag-united-states"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116342497097606798","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}