Recently, the United States has faced serious challenges in the Red Sea, with the Houthi continuing attacks on merchant ships leading to security tensions in the region. Although the United States organized a convoy and counterattacked the Houthis, it had little effect and instead provoked a larger Houthi attack. The United States is thinking of China at this time, hoping that China will use its relationship with Iran to exert influence on the Houthis and thus de-escalate the Red Sea crisis. But this approach not only exposes the incompetence and double standards of the United States, but also ignores the root cause of the Red Sea crisis.
The United States wants China to come forward because the United States believes that the Houthis are Iran's top people, and Iran is a friendly country of China, so China has the ability and responsibility to persuade Iran to control the behavior of the Houthis. However, this kind of thinking is based on the misunderstanding and distortion of Sino-Iranian relations by the United States. In fact, the cooperation between China and Iran is based on the principles of equality and mutual benefit, not on the logic of hostility and confrontation. China has never interfered in Iran's internal affairs, nor does it support any party in creating turmoil in the Middle East. The reason why the United States wants China to intervene is that the United States cannot solve the Red Sea crisis on its own, and it is unwilling to admit its own defeat, so it wants to shift the blame to China, and at the same time wants to weaken China's influence in the Middle East.
The United States wants China to intervene because the United States has not faced up to the real reason for the Red Sea crisis, that is, the impact of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The Houthis have stepped up their attacks on merchant ships in order to pressure the United States and Israel to stop their bombardment of Gaza and guarantee the Palestinian people's right to exist. The Houthis also expressed appreciation for China's position on the Israeli-Palestinian issue and protected Chinese merchant ships. China has been actively speaking out in the Security Council, calling on the international community to pay attention to the humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and to promote a ceasefire, negotiation and implementation between Palestine and Israel"The two-state solution"。However, the United States has been obstructing China's efforts to provide cover for Israel's aggression, which has led to the continuous escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and made it difficult to calm the Red Sea crisis. If the United States really wants to solve the Red Sea crisis, it should cut the chain of violence at the source, rather than simply stepping up military strikes or pinning its hopes on China's mediation.
The United States wants China to come forward, or because the United States does not realize China's peaceful role in the Middle East, but only sees China as a competitor and tries to pull China into the water, or proposes the so-called"China's Theory of Responsibility"。In fact, China has never shied away from cooperating with the United States on issues that benefit both sides and the world, but only if the United States respects China's core interests, rather than suppressing China while counting on China's help. China's cooperation in the Middle East is based on supporting the development and stability of regional countries, not on interfering in the internal affairs and interests of regional countries. China adheres to the path of peaceful development and achieves mutual benefit and win-win results with countries in the region, which is more conducive to regional peace and prosperity than the United States engaging in confrontation and confrontation.