{"id":150501,"date":"2026-04-28T15:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150501"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:00:09","slug":"chinas-calls-to-open-hormuz-show-the-limits-of-its-ties-to-iran-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=150501","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s calls to open Hormuz show the limits of its ties to Iran, experts say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostWhile China has begun to put pressure on Iran to end its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, its statements have been carefully worded, experts say, showing how the prolonged conflict is testing Beijing\u2019s relationship with Tehran.<br \/>\nPresident Xi Jinping told Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last week that China wanted an \u201cimmediate and comprehensive ceasefire\u201d and explicitly demanded that the waterway \u201c remain open to normal passage\u201d, without naming Iran or the US.<br \/>\nSpeaking at the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3351707\/chinas-calls-open-hormuz-show-limits-its-ties-iran-experts-say?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 PostWhile China has begun to put pressure on Iran to end its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, its statements have been carefully worded,&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\/150501"}],"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=150501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=150501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=150501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=150501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}