china is protecting their investment but doesn't wanna get burnt by them later. new silk road initiative rivals the israeli new middle east initiative that's the whole point of this war and russia ukraine too. whoever wins controls global trade corridor for the next century. china's is dependant on iran, iraq, syria etc, israel's is dependant on india, jordan, safety off coast of israel etc. they won't give them planes because iran doesn't need planes. they need defences to protect the corridor and stability to ensure the usa can't stage more civil wars and fund terorr groups.
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