Wang Yi Betrays Xi, Chooses Another Side? China’s Foreign Policy U-Turn

On July 24, Wang Yi met China’s two closest allies on the same day—and both meetings were unusual.
With Lavrov, he spoke at length about China–Russia ties but said nothing about Ukraine. With Araghchi, instead of the usual anti-U.S. rhetoric, he urged Iran to keep negotiations open, preserve the memorandum it had just signed, and handle the Strait of Hormuz issue carefully.
For more than a decade, Russia and Iran have been Xi Jinping’s two key partners in confronting the United States. Yet on the same day, Russia saw Ukraine conspicuously ignored, while Iran was nudged back toward the negotiating table.
Has Xi changed course—or is Chinese diplomacy no longer moving in step with him?
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