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Fri · 18 Sep 2026

China's Foreign Minister Publicly Calls for Swift Hormuz Reopening

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China's Foreign Minister Publicly Calls for Swift Hormuz Reopening

🇨🇳 BEIJING — China tells Iran to open the strait it's profiting from staying closed. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Beijing is Iran's largest oil buyer and built the yuan corridor that lowers Tehran's cost of defiance. Wang Yi going public now — during Bürgenstock — is pressure on Tehran to normalize, but also signals China wants credit for the deal. Reopening boosts Chinese import economics; prolonged closure strains Beijing's supply chain too.

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