Disruption to shipping in the Red Sea is having big impact on routes vital to China.
COSCO's ALPS shipping container docked at the Port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 26, 2019. Credit: kees torn via Flickr
Just five months ago, China, fresh from its success in brokering a Saudi-Iranian rapprochement, declared that a “wave of reconciliation” was sweeping through the Middle East. Today, that pronouncement looks like a distant dream, as war continues in Gaza and international shipping is threatened by Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen. These latest developments present a test for China’s regional approach of diplomacy-through-economics.
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