China does not pick a side between Arab States and Iran. We can argue about whether that is right or not, but at the end of the day that is their policy. Ergo an Arab led resolution shouldn’t be vetoed by China as it is not their policy to pick a side like that. China is also focussed on deescalation, like Victor Gao says in his recent interview on the Cradle. China doesn’t want to escalate the conflict and throw fuel on the fire. We can also argue one whether that is right but those two things are where our discussions should start.
I will say I dislike arguments that go “the UN doesn’t matter.” This resolution, imo, doesn’t really matter, but the UN in general has been something China has supported for decades, and Xi himself explicitly states multiple times how important the UN is. So to dismiss it would also be to dismiss China’s own views on the subject, which leads us nowhere
China does not pick a side between Arab States and Iran. We can argue about whether that is right or not, but at the end of the day that is their policy. Ergo an Arab led resolution shouldn’t be vetoed by China as it is not their policy to pick a side like that. China is also focussed on deescalation, like Victor Gao says in his recent interview on the Cradle. China doesn’t want to escalate the conflict and throw fuel on the fire. We can also argue one whether that is right but those two things are where our discussions should start.
I will say I dislike arguments that go “the UN doesn’t matter.” This resolution, imo, doesn’t really matter, but the UN in general has been something China has supported for decades, and Xi himself explicitly states multiple times how important the UN is. So to dismiss it would also be to dismiss China’s own views on the subject, which leads us nowhere