Source: Quillette
by Aaron Sarin
“When Xi Jinping gloated about the ‘chaos’ that rules world affairs, he hardly had in mind a cacophony of drone strikes on Beijing’s energy partners in the Gulf. Nor did he envision the sudden closure of a chokepoint through which China gets half its oil. The president saw great opportunity in the general turmoil and supposed multipolarity of the age: a chance for the CCP lion to rise. If Washington has its way, it will be the lion of Persia, instead, that emerges triumphant—a long-oppressed people rising to retake a stolen country.” (03/06/26)
https://quillette.com/2026/03/06/a-strike-against-beijing-epic-fury-iran-china-trump/