According to the March 5 edition of the Global Times, US Deputy Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs James Steinberg left Beijing for Japan yesterday. On the day he set off, the American media released news that Western countries have put forward new proposals for sanctions against Iran and are waiting for responses from China and Russia. Western media stated that striving for China's support for stricter sanctions against Iran was exactly Steinberg's purpose for visiting China, but China's response was "very reserved."
Some analysts believe that the US scattering new measures for sanctioning Iran to China and Russia means that the "voting moment" for the Security Council on this issue is accelerating. Once again, China has been pushed into an awkward whirlpool.