“Analysts in China were aware that the regime in Iran was politically and economically very weak. They didn’t predict the attack per se, but they did expect that the regime could be in danger at some point in the near future.”
Andrea Ghiselli (T.wai & University of Exeter) is hosted by the podcast “China is Iran’s key ally, so how will Beijing respond?” of ABC News Australia.
Research Fellow
Andrea Ghiselli is a non-resident Research Fellow at T.wai, and serves as the Head of Research of the ChinaMed Project. He is also a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Exeter.
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