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CIAO DATE: 10/5/2006
China and Iran: Mismatched Partners
John Calabrese
August 2006
Abstract
China and Iran are important geopolitical actors as well as major players in the global energy market.1 In recent years, the Sino-Iranian relationship has broadened and deepened. Energy cooperation is the main axis around which this partnership revolves. As a result, China is a stakeholder in the outcome of the diplomatic crisis that has been brewing over the Iranian nuclear program. The relationship between China and Iran deserves careful scrutiny, not the least because their strategic motivations remain ambiguous and their dealings with each other lack transparency.
