China plays the Iran card and
calls Washington's bluff
Posted By: Hazymac, 4/2/2021 3:09:12 PM
China last week signed a $400 billion, 30-year investment deal with Iran. American sanctions against Iran are effectively nullified. China’s state press declared, ““As it stands, this deal will totally upend the prevailing geopolitical landscape in the West Asian region that has for so long been subject to US hegemony.” As former Indian diplomat MK Bhadrakumar reports in Asia Times, Chinese state media declare that China will trade with Iran and other Central Asian currencies in its own currency, bypassing the dollar-based world banking system. US leverage against Iran is gone. It was obvious for the past year that China might play the Iran card.
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I, however, did what I always do when I hear of a shooting: I checked who lives in the area, and who's in charge.
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That seemed like a pretty quick assessment?
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