How America’s Iran miscalculation hands China a strategic advantage

Advertisement US, Israel war on Iran Opinion World Opinion Sophie Wushuang Yi Opinion | How America’s Iran miscalculation hands China a strategic advantage A preventive war waged without allied consensus risks undermining Washington’s legal and moral standing – strengthening Beijing’s hand 4 -MIN READ 4 -MIN Listen Sophie Wushuang Yi Published: 9:30am, 11 Mar 2026 .css-6gl59f{grid-area:content;margin-block-start:20px;font-weight:400;font-size:16px;font-family:Merriweather,Merriweather fallback,serif;line-height:26px;color:#222222;}@media (min-width:768px){.css-6gl59f{inline-size:100%;max-inline-size:656px;margin-block-start:32px;margin-inline:auto;}}@media (min-width:1070px){.css-6gl59f{font-size:18px;line-height:30px;}}.css-6gl59f h1,.css-6gl59f h2,.css-6gl59f h3{padding-block:20px 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:24px;font-family:Roboto,Roboto fallback,sans-serif;line-height:30px;color:#000000;}@media (min-width:768px){.css-6gl59f h1,.css-6gl59f h2,.css-6gl59f h3{font-size:28px;line-he