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China never intervened military in Syria, but it did support the Assad regime in other ways. After Assad's fall, China faces a complicated dilemma. The post China Will Approach Post-Assad Syria ...

Photo: EPA-EFE/Xinhua> Analysts also said Beijing might engage with the country mainly through traditional post-war reconstruction but was not motivated to directly shape Syria's future governance.

This may seem a ridiculous juxtaposition, but it illustrates precisely where Beijing’s strategic priorities lie. It’s not that Syria is unimportant to China.

Syria’s return to oil exports after the fall of the Assad regime is seen by many as a sign that Iran’s Shia Crescent of ...

Here, in Syria, is an opportunity for the U.S. to increase its position at the expense of China. Beijing looks to Middle Eastern countries for validation of its status as a global power.

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However, while China has not had direct military involvement in the Syrian war unlike Iran and Russia, the relationship between Damascus and Beijing was cosy while al-Assad was in office.

Syria ’s interim president met the Chinese ambassador to Damascus on Friday, in the first public bilateral engagement after Beijing-friendly Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad was overthrown in December.

China’s ties with Syria are being tested by the sudden downfall of Beijing-friendly Bashar al-Assad, but analysts predict China and the new government in Damascus will take a pragmatic approach ...