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Iran and China

Marc Lanteigne, July 2007

The World Today, Volume 63, Number 7

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Iran has energy that China needs and Beijing provides a counter balance to western pressures on Tehran. The benefits are clear, but so are the risks for a rising power in the labyrinthine politics of the Middle East.