It’s not because President Xi Jinping is a humanitarian or has a particular interest in the Iranian nuclear program. China sees the unrest in Iran as a possible flashpoint that could spill over and cut into national energy security.
Moreover, the fall of Iran would be a headache for China and its allies as it attempts to carve out international infrastructure outside the influence of the U.S. and other Western powers.
“They don’t like such a direct transgression of international law,” said Yun Sun, a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution John L. Thornton China Center. “They also don’t like how this means that U.S. and U.S. allies will be even more dominant in the regions that are critical for China’s energy security.”
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