“Beijing is trying to stabilize the relations with Washington to buy some time to further increase its tech and economic self-sufficiency. That’s more important than rebuilding the Iranian Air Force.”
Andrea Ghiselli (T.wai & University of Exeter) is quoted in the article “Iran Pivots Toward China, But Is Beijing Ready To Play Ball?” on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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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