With limited leverage, Beijing may choose a muted response but will protect its economic interests in region, analysts say.

Beijing has expressed its willingness to play a ‘constructive’ role, but there may be limits on what it can achieve.

Beijing has expressed its willingness to play a ‘constructive’ role, but there may be limits on what it can achieve.

With limited leverage, Beijing may choose a muted response but will protect its economic interests in region, analysts say.

China, which depends on Iran for oil and to counter American influence, has a lot to lose from a wider war. But there’s not much it can do about it.