{"id":156754,"date":"2026-08-29T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T11:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156754"},"modified":"2026-08-29T11:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T11:00:08","slug":"chinas-middle-east-policy-at-a-crossroads-6-months-into-us-israeli-war-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=156754","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Middle East policy at a crossroads 6 months into US-Israeli war on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostGulf states are making a strategic pivot as the war in Iran drags on into its sixth month but observers warned that their shift towards self-reliant defence networks could test China\u2019s \u201cinvolvement without commitment\u201d strategy in the region.<br \/>\nThe war has forced Gulf leaders to face the reality that neither the United States nor China is able to protect them from attacks by Iran.<br \/>\nOn Wednesday, the Iranian army warned that any \u201cpossible future war\u201d with the US could spread across the region and&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3365708\/chinas-middle-east-policy-crossroads-6-months-us-israeli-war-iran?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 PostGulf states are making a strategic pivot as the war in Iran drags on into its sixth month but observers warned that their shift&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\/156754"}],"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=156754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156754\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}