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The Iran war and the Strait of Hormuz crisis served for China as a practical test in the use of strategic chokepoints, demonstrating that disruption to vital global trade routes can impose heavy costs on rivals without direct warfare. This experience is likely to push Beijing toward reinforcing a strategy of encirclement and gradual control over Taiwan—an approach in which the world’s dependence on Taiwan’s semiconductor industry becomes a geoeconomic leverage point. Consequently, the Taiwan conflict may shift from a deterrence model based on military power toward one grounded in control over supply chains and critical global economic chokepoints.

According to Reuters, Iran is on the verge of signing a contract with China to purchase the CM-302 supersonic anti-ship cruise missile—the export version of the YJ-12B.

The Chinese military has released footage showing the launch of a YJ‑20 hypersonic anti‑ship ballistic missile from a Type‑055 destroyer.

The third session of the trilateral joint committee between Iran, Saudi Arabia, and China was convened on Tuesday, December 18, in Tehran.

The Chinese Air Force has begun conducting advanced training missions with its J-16 fighter jets, focusing on long-range operations supported by aerial refueling. This capability marks a significant leap in China’s ability to project air power far beyond its coastal boundaries.

Balochistan, a region straddling the borders of Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, has become a focal point in the geopolitical rivalry among major powers such as China, Russia, and India. These nations view its ports and infrastructure corridors as strategic assets to counter Western influence. Despite facing separatist movements and severe human rights violations, Balochistan plays a critical role in shaping an alternative bloc to the Euro-Atlantic hegemony, acting as a crossroads for trade routes, strategic investments, and military cooperation within the Eurasian sphere.

The Maritime Security Belt 2024 drills was held with the participation of the armed forces from Iran, China, and Russia, and with the presence of observers from five countries (Oman, Pakistan, South Africa, Kazakhstan, and the Republic of Azerbaijan) in the northern Indian Ocean.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Israeli regime confirmed the attack on the Zionist diplomat in Beijing, the capital of China.

Negotiations between Iran’ Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani and Saudi Arabia’s Minister of State and National Security Adviser Musaed Bin Mohammed Al-Aiban in Beijing, China, Riyadh and Tehran signed an agreement to restore diplomatic ties.

ISWNews Analysis Group – Amid the hue and cry over the sale of Iran-made drones to Russia and applying the Iranian UAVs by the Russian army in the war against Ukraine, an Iranian official said that some 90 states are potential customers of the Iran-made drones, including China, which is in queue to receive 15,000 drones manufactured by the Islamic Republic.

ISWNews Analysis Group – The Xinjiang Central Asia Petroleum and Gas Co. (CAPEIC) and the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum of the Taliban-ruled government have signed a 25-year contract to pave the way for exploration and extraction of oil and gas in the Amu Darya basin in northern Afghanistan.

ISWNews Analysis Group: The Chinese tanker entered the port of Al-Shihr on the coast of Hadhramaut province for the second time to load oil from the ports of the occupied regions of Yemen.