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China’s ice-cold calculus over Iran

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Unlock unlimited access to all our award-winning journalism, subscriber-only podcasts and newsletters Subscribe to The Economist Unlock unlimited access to all our award-winning journalism, subscriber-only podcasts and newsletters Your browser does not support the element. W hen american and Israeli warplanes struck Iran at the weekend, killing Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, China’s flagship nightly news programme covered the story with notable frankness. The basic facts were reported, clearly and promptly. Contrast that with what happened barely two months earlier, when massive protests erupted across the Islamic Republic. For the first two weeks, China’s newscasters said nothing. When they did eventually cover the unrest, they depicted the protesters as pawns of “external forces”. This contrast reveals one reason why China’s leaders are less troubled by the ongoing assault on Tehran than many assume. China was alarmed by Iranians rising up in late December against their ow

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