The wording of the June 17 interim US-Iran agreement emphasizes the rights of coastal states in ways useful to Beijing Gulf states are increasingly turning to China to help open the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea’s Bab al-Mandab, according to a July 30 Reuters report citing regional sources. However, the intense dialogue has […] The post Iran’s Hormuz control may help China’s maritime aims appeared first on Dow Jones .