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To Restore Peace in the Gulf, Trump Needs China

China has for years spoken of transforming the Gulf into an “oasis of security.”

May 15, 2026

By Mehran Haghirian

Donald Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing was not supposed to be about Iran. But the war in the Gulf looms large over the Beijing summit. While the conflict did not displace trade, technology, Taiwan, critical minerals, or the wider U.S.-China rivalry, Trump arrived in Beijing needing Xi’s help over the thorny issue of Iran.

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