Chinese and Omani naval officers pictured during the PLA visit to Muscat. Weibo@EasternTheatre
China has reportedly deployed six warships to the Middle East as tensions mount over the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas Movement in the Gaza Strip.
The Chinese military’s 44th naval escort task force has been involved in routine operations in the area, and spent several days on a visit to Oman last week. The task force, which includes a Type 052D guided-missile destroyer, the frigate Jingzhou and the integrated supply ship Qiandaohu, left Muscat for an unspecified location on October 21 after taking part in a joint exercise with the Omani navy.
The task force has been involved in escort missions for shipping since arriving in the Gulf of Aden north of Somalia six months ago.
However, it handed over its mission to the 45th escort task force, which includes a Type 052D destroyer, the frigate Linyi and a supply ship Dongpinghu, earlier this month.
The deployment came amid a large-scale military buildup in the Middle East by the United States, who has been showing unconditional political and military support for Israel since the war broke out in Gaza. The Pentagon has deployed two carrier strike groups to the Eastern Mediterranean.
China took a more reasonable approach towards the Israeli-Hamas war. Leader Xi Jinping said on October 19 that a two-state solution to establish an independent Palestine is the “fundamental way out” of the war.
“The top priority now is a ceasefire as soon as possible, to avoid the conflict from expanding or even spiraling out of control and causing a serious humanitarian crisis,” Xi was quoted as saying by China’s state-broadcaster CCTV.
China has been working to expand its influence in the Middle East for the last few years, relying mainly on diplomacy and economic cooperation. The country’s military presence in the region is expected to grow along with its influence.
typical american bravado, throwing away billions of dollars in a “show of force”, as they like to believe, wasted time money and resources for their failed effort of “power projection”.
compare gdp ppp statistics between china and murican slobs, as well as the decline of the usd in global trade.
regarding gdp ppp information, the imf has particularly hilarious disinformation as a western org. they simple refuse to accept statistical data from certain nations deemed as non favorable.
not to worry that money isn’t wasted – mic contractors have very deep pockets.
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the zionist israelis and their anglo-american goyim want no part in a 2 state solution.
a two state solution never made any sense – particularly if one of the states is based on hatred for everyone who is not a zionist. now that israel has occupied 98% of palestine it is even less realistic to pretend that there will be two states. one secular state where all have equal rights is the only truly viable solution. that would entail bringing israeli war criminals to justice which seems very unlikely given that no world power is willing to condemn their crimes.
so xi doesn’t think what the israelis are doing to gaza has reached the level of “a serious humanitarian crisis” yet.
sad that none of the world powers are willing to stand up for the palestinians and condemn israel for the genocidal regime that it is.
also multipolar world my butt! russia and china shit their pants. us hegemony untouchable
begone kweer,no future in fascism nor your lgbtq butthurt impotent gimp anything but tough!
it’s true. unless russia and china exercise military power in me — this whole talk of a multipolar world is bogus. moreover, the us can veto any decision in the un and russia just plays along with the un — as if it didn’t know the un was an anglo saxon knick knack. the whole russia & china good guy narrative falls apart at the seams and their middle east influence is vastly undermined by their lack of resolve.
the chinese fleet is there to deter the us navy or attacks versus israel? not clear
thats part of the problem. too much ambivalence in russian and chinese foreign policy. they even send warships with no stated purpose. just to project power? without stating intent? bad resolve.
bizarre even. same as russia letting new syria airport strikes. bad for their “good guy” middle east posture. it’s showing duplicity and will hurt their influence
russia and china believe in arab self-determination as well. we cannot do everything for them— nor would they want to. the palestinian situation is sad but the muslim world needs to unite. otherwise maybe they deserve getting conquered. this is my personal opinion
game of thrones
russia has already hurt their influence from their piss poor performance in ukraine, now because of the war the entire world thinks of the russian military with even lower respect then the french military. no longer will the world remember the french as cowards but now the russians for the next 100 years!
pathetic fool, at least make an effort next time, someone is paying you to be stupid…
replace russia with us and your statement starts to makes sense. after 70+ years of american cold war posture — america failed to propel ukraine to victory in the end. nato is failure. despite astronomical spending. it cannot guarantee baltic states’ safety.
it cannot even give it level playing field and challenge russian air superiority. so it cannot protect baltic. after all this time: nato is the most fearsome paper tiger of all time.
be thankful that we dont have imperial decadent dream. and there is adult in room trying to prevent mutually assured destruction
the truth will cheat you homosexual cia trolls blind,enjoy your losses libby sukrrz!
the chinese task force commander said, “this year marks the 5th anniversary of the establishment of the china-kuwait strategic partnership and also the 10th anniversary of the belt and road initiative. it is hoped that this visit will help facilitate mutual understanding and trust and promote exchanges and cooperation between the two countries and militaries.”
welcome to the nightmare of the century gimp.
get your hand off it liar!
usa is not the world (period) usa dolla is kepoot,too many kweer lice infested retards earning a quick buck here and there does not constituate wealth and prosperity for any hardworking american,jew or palestinian nor any other (period)
these chinese destroyers and frigates will be able to shoot down us cruise missiles in the event the us decides to do a surprise attack on syria or iran.
usa today= subsonic,substandard superpower.
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