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• Russia and China are not participating in helping Iran.

• Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told lawmakers that Russia and China, at different levels, are enabling what Iran is doing.

• China's Treasury holdings fell from roughly $1.3 trillion in 2013 to about $618 billion in July 2026, including a nearly $78 billion decline over the past year.

• China, the UAE, Turkey and Iraq are major historical trading partners for Iran.

• Chinese GDP growth falls 1.1 percentage points below baseline in 2027.

• China would be more severely affected than either the euro area or the United States, not because its direct energy exposure is the highest but because of its position within energy‑intensive manufacturing supply chains.

• China has retaliated against past U.S. trade crackdowns.

• China, India, Japan and South Korea absorb the vast majority of Hormuz crude flows

• Extending the disruption to hard‑to‑substitute inputs lowers Chinese GDP growth by 0.9 percentage points and raises inflation by 2.6 percentage points at the 2027 peak, with effects persisting through 2028.

• About 84% of crude shipments through the Strait of Hormuz in 2024 were headed to Asian markets

• Washington is investigating whether Russia and China are giving Iran targeting information

• Bruce Gorcyca last spoke with Faisal Shahin in 2016 from China

• Donald Trump expects to visit China next month.

• China said no to this, loud and clear.

• China and Pakistan had announced they wouldn't join, while the United Arab Emirates said it would.

• Russia and China have faced accusations of providing the Iranians with targeting data against U.S. assets.

• In Donald Trump’s opinion, China and Russia are not involved in providing military support to Iran.

• Both China and India operate outside the G7 price cap regime and avoid scrutiny via transshipment through hubs in Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

• Among those punished are Chinese companies, but none of China's major banks.

• China is willing to work with fellow Brics members to promote stability in the Middle East and the Gulf region.

• Sources told NBC News in May that Iran may have used Chinese missiles and long-range early-warning radar during the war, and that Chinese satellites have provided Iran with enhanced targeting data.

• The balloon was not released from China but from a fishing boat 600 miles north of Guam.

• Xi Jinping promised that China would not give or sell weapons to Iran under any circumstances.

• China does not want to continue accumulating U.S. debt.

• The document showed agencies acknowledging blind spots about Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, China's next generation fighter aircraft, and how Russia might respond to a terrorist attack.

• At the start of the crisis, India asked China for assistance with fertilizer.

• President Trump does not believe Russia or China are helping Iran with weaponry.

• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent admits the world is entering an energy shock and that Operation Economic Outcast is not really about Iran but about China.

• China announced in August that it wouldn't comply with the sanctions and hasn't changed its stance.

• China is willing to play a role in peace efforts between the United States and Iran.

• Inflation peaks 2.3 points higher.

• China and Russia can exploit data on nearly every FBI employee and more than 8,000 task force officers without a leak, so the counterintelligence exposure persists

• China buys more than 80% of the oil Iran sells by sea, so the plan can't work without China.

• China and India remain the primary buyers of the Shadow Fleet’s cargo.

• If China sends weapons, technology, or military support to Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, or Turkmenistan and that material ends up in Iran by proxy, then China is doing nothing different than the United States using France, the United Kingdom, Poland, or Germany to support Ukraine.

• Chinese GDP growth falls 0.8 percentage points below baseline in 2026.

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