Additionally, since the "beginning of the war in Iraq," he said, "Beijing has worked feverishly ... in an apparent effort to prevent US military action against the remaining 'axis of evil' members, Iran and North Korea. In addition to recent massive energy deals with Teheran, which place Iran in China's security web, both Beijing and Moscow have accelerated the transfer of missile technology to Teheran, while selling the Islamic republic increasingly sophisticated military equipment.
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Yevgeny Bendersky, "Russia and China: Business Partners, Weary Neighbors," Power and Interest News Report, August 6, 2004.
David Isenberg, "How Russia keeps China armed," Asia Times, November 19, 2004.
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"Access to Persian Gulf oil and the security of key friendly states in the area are vital to U.S. national security. Consistent with NSD 26 of October 2, 1989, [Subject: "U.S. Policy Toward the Persian Gulf"] and NSD 45 of August 20, 1990, [Subject: "U.S. Policy in Response to the Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait" (C)], and as a matter of long-standing policy, the United states remains committed to defending its vital interests in the region, if necessary through the use of military force, against any power with interests inimical to our own. Iraq, by virtue of its unprovoked invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990, and its subsequent brutal occupation, is clearly a power with interests inimical to our own."
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In his January 22, 2006, TIME magazine article "The New Power in the Persian Gulf - Forget the U.S. and Europe. China is the key player in the Iranian nuclear crisis," Bill Powell discussed China's control in any decision to have Iran give up its nuclear ambitions.
"From the beginning of the Iranian crisis, the eventual diplomatic response to Tehran was always destined to be settled in one place, far from 'the West.' For whether the world stands any chance of eventually imposing sanctions that might get the mullahs' attention will be decided in China, by President Hu Jintao and the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party.
Powell identified three "critical facts".
does not view an Iranian Nuclear Power as a direct threat.
"Few major powers practice a more coldly realist foreign policy than China. Beijing's external affairs are closely intertwined with its domestic policy, and the watchword that drives both is stability."
does not interfere in the market processes as China seeks other sources for its growing oil needs.
Control of Eurasia: Historical Perspective or Long-Range Plan?
"The key to America’s control of the world in the 21st century is the control of Eurasia. A power that dominates Eurasia would control two of the world’s three most advanced and economically productive regions and ... about three-fourths of the world’s known energy resources ... without an attack in the order of Pearl Harbor or without a direct external threat, there is no way the American people would support the imperial mobilization necessary to control central Asia."
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