{"id":144092,"date":"2026-01-13T15:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144092"},"modified":"2026-01-13T15:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T15:00:11","slug":"why-china-may-not-act-in-iran-even-though-it-has-more-to-lose-than-in-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144092","title":{"rendered":"Why China may not act in Iran even though it has \u2018more to lose\u2019 than in Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has \u201cmore to lose\u201d compared with Venezuela if Iran\u2019s rulers should fall, according to diplomatic observers, but it is expected to avoid direct intervention.<br \/>\nThe country is facing a wave of anti-government protests fuelled by economic hardship in which hundreds, if not thousands, of protesters are thought to have been killed.<br \/>\nUS President Donald Trump has said he was looking at \u201csome very strong options\u201d and this week announced a new set of tariffs targeting countries that maintained&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3339777\/why-china-may-not-act-iran-even-though-it-has-more-lose-venezuela?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina has \u201cmore to lose\u201d compared with Venezuela if Iran\u2019s rulers should fall, according to diplomatic observers, but it is expected to avoid direct&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144092"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}