Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 23

7-Jun-2010

China's Angst Over Iran Sanctions

By Thomas W ODonnell

Dr ODonnell teaches at the Graduate International Affairs program of The New School University, New York City. He is writing a book, The One Global Barrel, on the political economy of oil and its geopolitical consequences.

Beijing is putting up serious resistance to US plans for what President Barack Obama has called crippling yet targeted sanctions on Irans nuclear program. This is a...