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US urges China to help curb Red Sea attacks by Iran-backed Houthis (www.ft.com)

submitted 10 months ago by MarcoPOLO to c/[email protected]

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[–] MarcoPOLO 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Given that ships are reporting ties to China to avoid getting targeted and state-owned COSCO has stopped serving Israel in exchange for Red Sea transit, I'm not really sure what pressure the US hopes to apply here.

China doesn't care about the Houthis because they're not interrupting Chinese trade.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So the Houthis are working with China and only attacking US trade ships?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Ansar Allah are interdicting ships from countries involved in the genocide in Gaza that sail ships through their sovereign waters. China is not engaged in the genocide so their ships are being let through. Hope that clears things up for you.