Iran wants to use China to counter US - what are the implications?
This shift to the east is a topic that has been discussed openly in Iran for years, including in its leading media.
FOREIGN MINISTERS Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran and Wang Yi of China bump elbows during the signing ceremony of a 25-year cooperation agreement, in Tehran last month.(photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA/REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN