Beijing is one of Tehran’s most important economic partners. But experts question how much China will help Iran if it retaliates against the United States.

China’s ambassador to the United Nations, Fu Cong, has criticized the American strike on Iran. But it’s not clear how much Beijing will actually support Tehran.Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

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After President Trump’s decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, there are a cascade of questions on Monday morning. The most pressing that has so far gone largely overlooked is this: What about China, one of Iran’s biggest economic partners?

Would Beijing quietly support efforts by Tehran to retaliate against American interests? Will it continue to prop up Iran’s economy by buying the country’s oil? If it stands by Iran, how could that impact the U.S. trade negotiations with China? And, perhaps most critically, what does this

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