Balance of Power

Xi Is Content to Stay Silent as Trump’s Iran War Backfires

The war is working out well for the Chinese leader but further out things may get trickier.
Xi Jinping shown on a screen during the National People’s Congress in Beijing on March 5.Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg

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Nearly one month into US President Donald Trump’s war on Iran, there’s one person whose silence stands out: Xi Jinping.