China asks Iran to rein in Houthi attacks in Red Sea, according to Iranian officials | BBC News
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- Chinese officials have asked their Iranian counterparts to help rein in attacks on ships in the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthis, four Iranian sources and a diplomat familiar with the matter said, first reported by Reuters.
If Iran refuses, the country risks harming business relations with Beijing.
China has been Iran's biggest trading partner for the past decade.
The Houthis are an armed political and religious group which champions Yemen's Shia Muslim minority, the Zaidis.
In response to the war in the Gaza Strip, the Houthis started firing drones and missiles towards Israel.
The discussions about the attacks and trade between China and Iran took place at several recent meetings in Beijing and Tehran, the Iranian sources said.
The latest news from the conflict is that an oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
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Just put a Chinese flag on your ship and you`ll be ok. Worked years ago.
Well some ships are for transprots so they dont work for china .also houthis are idiots they are the problem .
Why aren’t the Chinese helping to police the commercial ships? A lot of the traffic belongs to them! They have one of the largest navies in the world! US does all the heavy lifting and gets no appreciation! I am grateful to my country.
They are using crazy jihadist as a weapon. See how far crazy jihadist kill Americans. Chinese thinking use crazy jihadist
Because they are not being attack
It's their trade suffering. @@newyear8961
Chinese arms are unreliable and untested. Maybe the Chinese know this and do not want to embarrass themselves so they chose the diplomatic route?
因为我们知道这个事情是美国和以色列搞出来的
The Chinese didn't create the Gaza crisis and the houthis aren't attacking Chinese ships
Are you there to say there not attacking Chinese ships 😂😂 like clearly they are of China made a statement/ message to Iran about it
I’m not sure if they are attacking Chinese ships but the goods that all these ships are caring are mostly Chinese. So Chinese businesses are losing money.
Speaking of economic pressure in China, looks like we have forgotten what’s happening in the UK right now 😢
China has done nothing for Gaza except talk. So don’t expect special treatment.
This is pretty much summed up the stupidity of those protesters of US-UK attacks against the Houthis when even the Chinese and the Iranians ask them to stop 😂😂😂
This is bbc bull houtis Cleary said they not going to attack Russia or China ships
BBC says that not China.
@@kimduong2332 am gonna travel to yemen
When did the Iranians ask them to stop? These attacks by the Houthis are far from stupid
@@flamboyentpromotions3471 China just expresses concern about what is happening in the Red sea, China never asks Iran to stop Yemen's action which is imposing embargo on Israel.
The Arab world is a clown show.
It’s not only China routes but there are also many Chinese owned companies in the MidEast producing clothing, etc. who are being affected. When Chinese labor became expensive and factories began fanning out to SouthEast Asia, some China run-companies went a step further to cut costs and opened up shop in Egypt, Jordan, etc.
Never buy from China again ...Made in China is finished .....
Chinese ships are not under attack. Only Zionist terror Israeli ships subjected to attack
Dont forget south america.
Man they learned from the best, didn't they?
Viva yemen❤ viva palestine
My poor ears.
Smoke and mirrors
For what?
Is only Chinese economy under pressure?
no but they have noticed it is not funny when its economy suffers as well. that's why they didnt vote against the UN resolution. they wanted the US to intervene.
The Chinese economy has been dealing with worse economic pressure than the US and the EU, and much of that has to do with the war in Ukraine. China invested heavily in the Russian energy system, which is now in trouble, and also in nations that have been heavily impacted by Iranian aggression. Their belts and roads initiative investment is now a shambles. The Chinese should have reined in Iran years ago.
Nobody likes global maritime trade being jeopardized. It is the basis of modern society. They abstained at the UN for image and propaganda reasons but actually welcomed US intervention.
@@the0ne809 Chinese shipping has increased through the Red Sea since the attacks started. Smaller Chinese carriers are cannibalizing routes from companies who had to divert. It's actually helping their economy
@@DawryMike and that's why they are telling Iran to tell the Houthis to stop it. Amazing.
So pity of UK
A public broadcast "service"? How is it a service? You prosecute those who want none of it. RIDICULOUS.
Iran will not listen to the Chinese who depend on its oil export [the pendulum swings both ways!!]. Friendly trade ships coming from the Far East will soon enjoy normal passage - it is only a matter of time before pass codes for them will be introduced so that they will not be targeted. We need to look at it like it is - we have been sanctioning Iran for nigh on 45 years!! They have always had the ability to shut off the Straits of Hormuz geographically and now they have the ability to tax us for passage using the Red Sea which precedes the Suez Canal East to West traffic and West to East traffic should the need arise for them!! Our naval ships are useless in the mid and long term because they stand no chance against incessant missiles and thousands of drones attacking them in wave after wave if this keeps up. Our expensive on board ammo will deplete and will deplete again as we rotate our ships to take down cheap in coming missiles and drones and sooner rather than later our vessels will be sunk - reason being that naval platform warfare has had its day not least because of unmanned cheap drones in their thousands - imagine a grown man being attacked by thousands of bees then you will get the idea. I fear that we think we are the hunter but actually in this situation we are the prey. Our expensive vessels carrying our cherished service men and women are in harm's way and we should recall them post haste. We forget we are in the neighbourhood of a power that has the ability to fight back not only from the safety of its vast territory but also from a proxy who also has vast territory and is armed accordingly. The Houthis have weathered British and American munitions being fired at them for nearly a decade from Saudi Arabia and the UAE and they are used to it and they are stronger for it and they are only a support proxy of Iran. We need to wake up and smell the roses, Israel is not worth a global war, it is not worth the massive inflation to come on top of what we have already been enduring - it is not worth sustaining the US foreign policy dictated over by the Zionist and its support structure in our Parliament through the Conservative Friends of Israel and the Labour Friends of Israel!! It is not worth the thousands of incoming M.E refugees that come to Europe and a good few coming across the English Channel - What is important? Our NHS, Doctors, Nurses, Transport, Schools and Housing shortages for starters and to address any of those meaningfully we need to demand Proportional Representation to stop hundreds of billions being spent on our armed forces that are directed towards fictitious enemies of our population - when in fact they are the enemy of the Zionist autocracy hiding behind the curtain of Red and Blue hung up on the rail of the "First past the post system of voting" which ensures that whether we vote or don't vote ONLY Labour or Conservative in the UK and ONLY Democrat or Republican in the US can ascend to form our governance - THEY ARE BOTH THE SAME THING!! Foreign policy has a tectonic effect upon our domestic economics. Why and how is Russia, China and Iran our population's enemy? Is it not the case that NATO reneged and expanded itself enticing Ukraine to join it? Is it not the case that China is growing through the sheer size of its labour force being made to work far harder than us and is about to become the global prime economy? Is it not the case that IRAN has for thousands of years been the hegemony of the M.E and has always had the potential to retake it and control the recourses of the region? Who dominates all of this right now and who stands to lose all of that right now? The United States of America and its forward base in the M.E - ISRAEL. We are clutching at our pearls because we are about to lose something that is not ours - we want to send our children to WAR for it? Over half a million Ukrainians are dead - it never stood a chance against the Russian nuclear power - and our Generals over here are calling for conscription? What? Our tax money is being used to manufacture extortionate costing missiles and ammo to be fired uselessly against perceived enemies invariably killing and maiming many thousands of non combatants who do not have a dog in the fight anyway. Just look at the US foreign policy which our supposed government blindly supports - Palestine, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Yemen- none are holiday destinations are they? The only one on the hit list is Iran [Which is a holiday destination - still!!] and look its the only one with a nutty unpopular government in the M.E which actually agrees with its own people about the Palestinian's overriding claim to the entirety of Palestine before the State of Israel was formed on their Sovereign land in 1948. What? The populations of the M.E are not allowed to have that opinion and in a huge majority? We must listen to the Despot rulers of the Arabian Peninsula whose ill gotten theft stash is invested under the Zionist controlled Dollar jurisdictions and ignore their populations' opinions instead? I reiterate: No P.R = Autocracy = No accountability and this autocracy is about to run out of rope in Ukraine, the M.E and the Red Sea and in the South China Sea which can only and inevitably lead to WAR which it expects us to fight for it to remain. Remember this when you go to vote this year for the Autocracy to give it another 4-5 years of despicable global antics. Write "I WANT PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION" on your ballot paper instead of choosing any of the names on it. Make this election a referendum election so that the independent counters can declare it a 90%+ in favour of Proportional Representation and let us see if we can get democracy in this country for the first time or not. Give value and worth to our vote, as right now it is WORTHLESS.
Is that the Dragons Den man?
They benefit most from that lane
then why the USA and its dogs react so fast?
The bloody Chinese picking on dogs again!@@jianyang6281
@@jianyang6281 because global shipping is literally just that its global shipping... right now the US has the largest navy to protect international shipping routes.
its also only really uk and US that are committing anything most of the others are saying ok cool.
increasing insurance costs in import and export businesses where the margins are so thin are... crippling.
@@jianyang6281 "then why the USA and its dogs react so fast?"
Says the wumao dog with a CN name. Why don't you ask the China navy to do something then, since CN is so "great" and they have more ships than the US now.
Where do they get the nerve? Forced to pay for their "service" whether you want it or not.
It's obvious to me that China, Gulf States, and Europe would want shipping to be unimpeded.
So many comments here are just bizarre....😮
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China would never do that.
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The Chinese have their own interests to care. But it is China, not Russia, that is in command of the Iranian economy. Without China, Iran risks crumbling further. Why would Iran disobey China?
This guest doesn't speak like an expert
لماذا تصر أمريكا على توسيع نطاق الحرب فى العالم بدلاً من إيقاف الإبادة الجماعية للبشر وسفك الدماء البريئة للفلسطينيين ؟؟لماذا تصر إسرائيل على عدم إعطاء الفلسطينيين حقوقهم وإقامة دولتهم المستقلة والعيش في أمن وسلام مع جيرانها من الدول العربية بدلاً من إراقة الدماء البريئة للفلسطينيين والحروب التى لن تنتهى أبدا ؟؟
Because U.S. doesn’t control Israel.
US and UK needs to step back and let it play out. It won’t be long before someone has to actually step up and do something.
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The Chinese are starting to find out who the real crazies are in the world.
lol, china is tyrying to increase profits on shipping by shipping through the red sea instead of going around africa. They are tight assess, china do not care about israel nor palestinians
Yes, those who put money over lives.
@@DevoteeCT.....Actually money can improve people's lives.
@@tommygun5038Yes, the Chinese money whereas the US dollar kills.
@@tommygun5038 And the love of money is the root of all evil...whether it's American money or Chinese or Russian.
I really can't listen to this...ansarallah said china and russia can go through
Trade doesn't just go one way. The Houthis are also attacking ships headed south, ships delivering to china aren't necessarily chinese. If even part ownership by an Israeli qualifies for attack, not to mention that the Houthis fuck up and attack random vessels at times, this puts a lot of chinese and russian trade in jeopardy aswell.
احترام الإنسان يحترامك 🎉
Oh, shipping costs, got it. I thought they were fighting to liberate the Palestinians. My fault.
China has three aircraft carriers why can't it defend its own shipping?
Their aircraft carriers barely work, they'd never make it to the middle east.
we are afraid of war!
They should defe d their trade... it's all china who makes money on red sea not europe or America... yet Americans are dying for china... 😂😂😂
they wrote the Art of War, that mean they will avoid confrontation to avoid making new enemies -unlike the US.
Because they don't work. 90% of their fleet can only travel about 400 miles and that only in a straight line.
Bring Boris Back!!!
U know it's bad when even Winnie Xitler hates it.
winnie pooh is earning money from trade
Xitler.... Putler..... Called by a KKK
@@user-ph4wi4sy2p He's trying his best to destroy trade for reasons
@@user-ph4wi4sy2p Xi orchestrated the whole thing including the Oct 7 attack.
Stop jealous iran let iran be iran 😂😂😂😂
Iran likely welcomes the pressure. They may even have asked China to ask them, so they can save face. I'm guessing the Houthi rebels are not paying customers for the arms they've been supplied with, while a certain other aggressor is a paying customer for Iranian drones.
Chinese like crazy jihadist. Like a mule
Spot on analysis.
😂😂😂 they want to stop but don't want ppl to think it's because of the air strikes...lol.. meanwhile u have ppl leaving in western countries cheering on the Houtis 🤦the world has really gone crazy
Good analysis.... Very possible scenario you have painted. Kudos friend.
Lol, strange analysis you assume that the axis of resistance pay Iran for weapons, i dont believe this to be true at all. They give them weapons on the agreement that they will fight for them when necessary
But how much leverage does Iran have over the Houthis now?
a lot
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It looks like the Houtis became the North Korea of the Middle East.
china has a lot of leverage on iran regime. this might work. iran regime is so dependent on russian and chinese governments
Yemen hauti does not attack Chinese ships and Yemen hauti attacks Israeli ships and cooperates with Israel
4:20 learn to pronounce ‘espionage’ before you work for the BBC.
If iran would not be thugs the
Middle east would be at peace.
Blame iran for what is going on.
I think Israel is even worse.
Keep telling yourself that lie middle east problem Centers around Israel and amercia
Война в тихом океане тоже
The IRGC stationed in Yemen are launching these missiles - too sophisticated for the Houthis which are just a convenient pawn.
The irony of China praising the Houthis and then quickly realizing China is affected the most but this😂 the US meanwhile ships across the Pacific and Atlantic and is for the most part unaffected 🤣
As long as the ship does not carry any cargo for Israel, Yemen wont attack the ship.
Except they have attacked ships with nothing to do with Israel, notably a Russian ship because they are incompetent.
New king of the seas speaks.. just turn on google translate.
With all the modern technology, whizz bang guns, missiles, satellites etc this is STILL droning along and at what cost?
Thank you to China for attempting to be a voice of peace.
😂😂 ask the Philippines about that
Why is a British registered ship carrying sanctioned Russian Oil???
US hopeless
China dose not cause problems like usa and uk and eu
No they just steal it
Что этот мусор может дать
Iran and Russia are strong allies. Draw your own conclusions/
Talking about influence, USA seems to not able to influence Israel in recent years unlike the USA of 1970s or 1980s.
Fake news: the Yemenis publicly said they will not target Chinese, Russian ships.
You do understand that even western ships are full of shit made in China? Western ships full of Chinese made stuff en route to paying western clients, for Chinese manufacturers to pay Chinese tax so Chinese government can invest in their own military……capiche?
@@mendipfox1650 The west comanyis could hire china ships(tankers) to tranport goods.😂
Definitely not true
If my stories were rigjt, they would been results in all countrirs to turkey and all people who are signed the "own siblingsrights judge".
Regards
More BS from BBC.
BS
🌿As an Israeli citizen and lawyer, I believe that addressing the problem that is happening in the Red Sea is not in attacking Yemen, but in stopping the genocide that is taking place in Gaza.
Bless you ,media continuously shows Israelis denying the Genocide ...
As a suspiciously convenient person myself I say the exact opposite
@@matthewmiller6568לא להיפך
@@user-sv3vh6dx2dגם אני יכול להשתמש בגוגל תרגום
Shut up snackbar
fakenews
Hoooo hoooo hooo english politicians abandoning their citizens... hoooooò.
Hoooooo are you? Hoo hoo, hoo hoo
@@DilbertWhiteheadAs a Westerner myself, what are you ashamed of? We have homelessness, and drug epidemics. THE TRUTH!
@@timothychung4811 and what are you doing to help these problems? homeless people are homeless because they are not willing to work, drug addicts have only themselves to blame.
No news about Texas? 😅
What's there to talk about?
What does this have to do with Nick Clegg?
BBC EH 🤓
Neighboring countries have to face over 1000 times airspace intrusion from Chinese fighter jet every year.🤣
Iranian talks with BBC?
What happened to BRI lol😭😭😭😭
China is not responsible for shipping cost. It’s the Japan and west that owns most shipping companies. Ultimately it’s end user who will bear the cost.
😂 your not to bright you must have been born in the middle east
Muslim peoples know that the real headquarters of the International Court of Justice is in Bab al-Mandab in Yemen and not in Lahaye in the Netherlands.
By Muslim people you mean Iran? The other mulsim countries have been gutless for the past few months.
Yeah but you also believe Mohammed flew to his heaven on a winged horse. So who cares
By Muslims you mean Iran? Only Iran has the courage to do something, other Muslim countries have been silent for the past few months.
@@praetorian3959 😂😂
Seeing as Yemen has legalized slavery and an underclass of people seen as subhuman (Al-Muhamashīn), they'd fit right in lol.
An English tanker was hit by the Houthis. I'm trying to figure out what it's carrying and who it bought the cargo from. Anyone help me?
انه تحمل نفط روسيا ياعزيزي. شكراً لك من اليمن
does it matter? These ships are being attacked in INTERNATIONAL WATERS you insufferable clown.
Fake news
F ccp
Все проблемы в семье
ALL EXPECTED IN 2024,WE ALL COME TO KNOW CHINESE MARKET IN THE WORLD WILL MAKE A UPSIDE DOWN SYNDROME IN BUSINESSES WORLD 🎉🎉🎉
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I hate when they "espioneese" lol
Yes it is also in the best interest of China to help stop this, I did not even think of this..😮
no, Chinese ships are safe.
Why?
@prizefighter8699 international trade,,,,China is a world leader...they should also help protect this vital trade route not just the U.S.
@@jianyang6281 Ships may be safe but the trading isn't. Considering most products are made in China, basically any ships also destroy Chinese goods and trades as well directly and indirectly. Overall, its stupid to involve any civilian into a war.
@@WAFFENAMT1not the Chinese problem
I wants to stop war for lsrael USA UK NATO anyone in Europe person saved safe
God bless you all and God saved safe you all come home safe saved meet your family friends and love one
Bullshit.
Houtie het nie ore now so die een wat nie hoor noe moet voel
Absolute BS .
How so?
But Houthi don't attack Russia or Chinese vessels
Because they are backing Iran who is backing the Houthis 🙃
They attack a Russian ship no so long ago.
Yeh they do lol
They don’t know what they are attacking 😅 they already attacked a Russian ship
They might *try* not to, according to them, but why believe them? Either way, trade doesn't just go one way. Many of the vessels headed for trade with China and Russia aren't russian or chinese. This is a globalised world, even targeting just ships partly-owned by Israelis is going to affect everyone.
lolz 😁
the oil tanker intercepted the missile
Yemen has every right to stop genocide in Gaza.
Best of luck trying to talk with the mad ayatollah.
Полюбим 🎃🥳
*1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers.*
*2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on his law he meditates day and night.*
*3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water , which brings forth its fruit in its season, and whose leaf does not wither; everything he does will prosper.*
*4 Not so with the wicked; they are like chaff that the wind blows away.*
*5 Therefore the wicked will not endure judgment, and sinners will not enter the assembly of the righteous.*
*6 The Lord approves of the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will be destroyed.* Amen. Psalm 1.
*Psalm 7:12-16*
May the mercy of GOD the Father of peace and the grace and love of our Savior Yeshua be upon everyone🙏❤️
There's no God and Jesus is dead
@@DG-ie5ipThats not from the Bible.
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*21 Woe to those who call themselves wise and understanding.*
*Mark 1:15*
*John 3:5-6*
*Luke 3:8-14*
May the Lord Christ have mercy on you.❤️
Usa uk germany west icj are all in js backpocket
cry more sand boy.
Destabilization is working geopolitical wonders. Now, with hindsight, the dots are easily connected, dating back to September of last year.
u look far enough it start in 08 after the financial crisis, 14 when russia annex crimea every one with a brain know great power conflict r back. there still idiot liberal CEO trying to make case for de-globalize or re-globalize on big event. they deep down knows the old system is on the way out they just scare to face reality.
Explain, please
Not really destabilising. The internet isn’t real. Let’s get that awkward fact out of the way. The internet is an echo chamber. Hence why Trump won when everyone on the internet claimed they weren’t gonna vote for him. Same as this now. In the real world all this is doing is giving us all a common enemy. Look at Gaza… in my town I’ve seen two Palestinian flags. One is it a house of Canadians that are rude, obnoxious and they think they are bastions of human decency because they have a Tesla… which they illegally park on the street/pavement stopping pedestrians walking to the bus stop without walking on the road. How many have I seen support Israel? About the same. Most of us see both sides and don’t pick one by going “which side is the left/right supporting and which one should I pick to keep up appearances” …
Kids are dying in Gaza. Hamas wanted this. Israel are being far too aggressive and you should never trust someone willing to let children die to play the victim. Both sides are wrong. You know why? Because death is always bad! But those on the left are as bad as the right. But at least the right isn’t Hypocritical. They fully admit they agree with war in certain situations. The left is meant to be against war and violence and yet in the modern era they are all too ready to not just condone it and encourage it but to use it. That’s why I’m no longer part of the left. The left has gone so far it’s gone full circle and now thinks the ends justify any means.
I don't understand your comment. Do you mean October? Geo-political destabilisation can be traced much further back than that. I would suggest that the Kung-Flu, as Trump called it when it was released on the world had a more far reaching geo-political impact than anything that happened last September.
Egyptian and Jordanian authorities warned the Israeli authorities ( September 2023) of communications and actions that seemed to indicate an attack was likely.
It took the idf 8 hours to respond to hamas attacks inside israel
now let me ask you something: What has the terrorist attack from hamas done for the Palestinians? Now, on the other hand; what is it doing for the western hegemony and Israel by extension ? 🤔 the proof is always in the pudding
Now that someone who wears big boy pants has a say, this might end.
IChina is shooting itself in the foot with its threats and immature actions against its customers
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US UK is comiting - g e n o c i d e 🤣🤣
hahahahah. you for real.
@@Steelninja77 im joking
🙂Someone begged China to intervene....,
Houthis are not deter by ex-superpowers attacks
i guess that someone is jake
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Are you a bit? “I really enjoy your article” You’re saying like BBC is a CZcamsr and you’re like those annoying comment or who’s chasing clouts 😂😂😂
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Firstly Stop Genocide in Gaza then Yemen automatically stop attack on Ship 🚢
secondly, get a car. you're a grown man riding a scooter
The Houthis are drawing attention away from Gaza.