In its effort to muster support for sterner action against Iran, the Obama administration will have to overcome China's reluctance to punish a country that is one of its top oil suppliers and a major beneficiary of its energy-related investments. Full Story »
Posted by Derek Hawkins - via NewsRack (Energy)
Thoughtful analysis of possible reasons why China is protecting Iran. This story is based on reasonable factual evidence, and presents perspectives from a number of credible sources to provide useful context on this topic.
The opinion of John Pomfret puts China in an unpleasant position. Basically, the article accuses China of being unhelpful for egoistical reasons. The article then adds the issue of China's ideology; I found this part and John Pomfret's point of view not very convincing.
The article displays no sympathy for the Iranian people. John Pomfret takes the merits of strong action against Iran for granted: Iran is the bad one, Iran must be punished. John Pomfret seems to push for some U.S. led joint international effort to punish Iran, but this will necessarily put the U.S. government in a position where it must "win" against Iran in order not to lose its face, where president Obama is set to show strong leadership. In this scenario there is not much room ... More »
In its effort to muster support for sterner action against Iran, the Obama administration will have to overcome China’s reluctance to punish a country.. More »
This story should mention that China wants to see the results of the IAEA inspection of the "new Iranian nuclear facility that is causing such a hubub. China has much to lose from the spread of radical Islam, so clearly its good relationship with Iran offers food for thought.
Obama should be engaging with Iran on a number of issues and not playing up exclusively the so-called "nuclear weapons program" for which no clear evidence has been produced.
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