What the war in Iran means for China

As bombs keep dropping across the Middle East, China carried on with the big political meetings it has every year, rolling out the country's growth targets and policies, signaling to the rest of the world about where China is at and where it's heading. The messaging here is all about stability, that China and its leader Xiinping can manage a slowing economy in an uncertain world as well as an unpredictable US president. The meetings are tightly choreographed, the decisions predetermined.The war didn't facto ...