A way out for the US and Iran? The diplomatic path that could prove China right

Nuclear containment and regional ceasefires are the most viable entry points for potential negotiations between Washington and Tehran, according to a prominent Chinese expert on the Middle East. Niu Xinchun, director of the China-Arab Research Institute at Ningxia University, said the escalating conflict had vindicated China’s insistence on diplomatic and political solutions as the only way forward. He said that although both the US and Iran were open to talks – with Washington “in a much...