BEIJING — President Donald Trump’s looming meeting with China’s Xi Jinping will face new tensions after U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran that killed its China-friendly supreme leader.
It’s the second time in two months that the United States has taken military action against one of China’s key economic partners, after its surprise capture in January of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
But China has largely limited its response to stern statements, much as it did after the raid in Caracas despite warm relations with Venezuela.
Paramilitary members rally to protest Nicolás Maduro’s capture in Caracas, Venezuela, on Jan. 4.Andrea Hernández Briceño / The Washington Post via Getty ImagesChina is “proving to be a feckless friend for its authoritarian allies,” Nicholas Burns, the U.S. ambassador to China under President Joe Biden, said on X.
Experts say that while China is concerned about the Iran conflict, it may not see it as worth jeopardizing Trump’s upcoming visit,
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