China called for deescalation and a return to diplomatic means, because the longer the war lasts the greater the difficulties become for the world economy and global energy supplies.
Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/03/ending-the-war-on-iran-is-the-only-way-to-open-strait-of-hormuz-says-china/
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China is happy exerting their soft power and protecting their trade deals. They are also benefiting peripherally due to Iran insisting on using yuan for payment which is killing US petrodollar dominance.
And while China is very well isolated from oil market shocks, the increased global price is not in anyone’s best interests.
Sea mines? What sea mines? Apart from US claim with no proof there is no evidence of that being the case. They have capabilies to do that, but it would be the most stupid thing to do when they are making record profit from oil sales at the moment.
I saw a video about the mine thing and it could make sense to mine it since there is a smaller portion of the strait that is closer to Iran, so they could keep that section mine-free and charge tolls
They are already forcing ships to pay toll fees. All they needed to do was to strike 3 ships at the start of war and nobody had tried to pass without permission ever since. They don’t need to mine the seabed and risk random captain not listening to instructions and accidentally blowing his ship up and creating fear for friendly ships to go through.
The whole premise of Iran shooting themselves in the foot is unimaginably stupid. That’s US specialty.