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China’s approach to the Israel-Iran war showed that it wanted to “avoid direct confrontation with the U.S.,” Lin, the Singapore-based researcher, adds.

So after Israel’s first strike, on June 13, China—the strongest partner in the anti-America triad—could have been expected to rush short-range missiles and other air-defense equipment to Iran.

Israel ordered fresh strikes on Iran, as Iran denied violating the truce brokered by Trump just hours earlier.

China's oil imports from Iran surged in June as shipments accelerated before the recent conflict between Israel and Iran and demand from independent refineries improved, analysts said.