While the media focuses on missiles and soundbites, a far more dangerous undercurrent is building beneath the surface. China, wounded and cornered by the unraveling of its Middle East strategy, may soon lash out—and America could be the target. The recent Israeli strikes on Iran didn’t just damage nuclear sites; they set fire to Beijing’s foreign policy scaffolding, built meticulously through proxy alliances, oil dependency, and military technology pipelines. Gordon Chang, a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute and long-time China watcher, didn’t mince words on this: “The Chinese… they're losing their proxy, Iran.” For years, Iran functioned as Beijing’s geopolitical glove-puppet in the Middle East—keeping U.S. influence at bay, drawing American resources into endless entanglements, and exporting chaos that…
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