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>China
>They have good relations with you as long as you don't hurt their bottom line, which you have been for the past couple years. That's why they've flipped to supporting the Palestinians/Arabs/Iranians and largely sidelined or criticized you guys since 2023.
China still does business with Israel, possibly more business. China has its own way of doing things, it's like they basically don't see economics and business as linked with politics, so they'll criticize Israel for what it's doing to the Palestinians but it doesn't affect trade. It's like a non-interventionist approach.

I've seen some commentary in Chinese publications talking about dealings with the Arabs. Like the Chinese will make trade deals with them, and the Arabs expect that this means China could possibly replace America as the hegemon, so they start asking the Chinese about what they can do to set up military bases in the Middle East, and send troops there, and provide for their security. And the Chinese commentary is like "this is what the Arabs actually believe -- don't laugh!" They don't have any intention of doing that, and they see the expectation for a hegemon from the Arabs as a sign of an imperialized mentality.