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Political Analyst Nader Rong explains whether Beijing is concerned that a potential leadership change in Iran could shift the country toward the West.
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00:00Do you think there's some nervousness in Beijing that were the leadership in Iran to fall,
00:06that country would automatically head into the direction, into the orbit of the West,
00:14notably the United States, just as Syria has done, just as Venezuela appears to have done?
00:20Do you think that's something that worries the leadership in Beijing?
00:22I think China has a good relationship with Iran and traditional friendship.
00:32I think there's no worries because China will cooperate with Iran however the regime changes.
00:42And also China don't want to do the confrontation or do the geopolitical confrontation with the United States in any
00:57part of the world.
00:58But China thinks they should return to the rules or to the basic rules of the international relationship.
01:08China always opposes the unilateral action, military action, or even a military invitation to any sovereign countries
01:20to make the regime change, or we call it color revolutions.
01:26China is against that.
01:27But China will uphold the UN charters and also the international laws.
01:36And in the same time, China is not so worried that if there is a change of regime or regime
01:48change.
01:48But China respects the choice of Iranian people according to the institutions in Iran.
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