The Chinese Communist Party has abolished the freedoms and semi-autonomous status promised to Hong Kong in the ‘one country two systems policy’. So, it’s hardly surprising that another authoritarian state, Iran, is a close ally of China. Moreover, Iran is situated at the heart of a crucial section of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s flagship foreign policy juggernaut designed to acquire geopolitical dominance to rival that of the US and the EU.
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Ida Lichter is the author of Muslim Women Reformers: Inspiring Voices Against Oppression
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