China and Iran [electronic resource] : economic, political, and military relations / Scott Harold, Alireza Nader.
Over the past few decades, China and Iran have developed a broad and deep partnership centered on China's energy needs and Iran's abundant resources as well as significant non-energy economic ties, arms sales and defense cooperation, and geostrategic balancing against the United States. Th...
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2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- A brief history of Iranian-Chinese ties
- Iran's national interests and its views of China
- Iran's military modernization has been facilitated by China
- China helped start Iran's nuclear program
- China has shielded Iran from the effects of international sanctions
- China is Iran's biggest economic partner
- The Iranian regime depends on China for survival
- China's national interests and its policies toward Iran
- China views Iran as a secure source of energy
- China views Iran as countering U.S. power in the Middle East
- Diverging interests limit Chinese-Iranian cooperation
- Conclusion and policy options.