{"id":50402,"date":"2020-01-03T12:15:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T17:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=50402"},"modified":"2020-01-03T12:15:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T17:15:43","slug":"china-urges-calm-and-restraint-after-us-kills-top-iranian-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=50402","title":{"rendered":"China Urges &#8216;Calm And Restraint&#8217; After US Kills Top Iranian General"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/china-urges-calm-and-restraint-after-us-kills-top-iranian-general\">China Urges &#8216;Calm And Restraint&#8217; After US Kills Top Iranian General<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afp.com\/en\">Agence France-Presse<\/a>&nbsp;(AFP) is reporting China on Friday has requested restraint from all sides, &#8220;especially the United States,&#8221; after the U.S. killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in an airstrike at Baghdad international airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;China has always opposed the use of force in international relations,&#8221; Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a daily press conference. &#8220;We urge the relevant sides, especially the United States, to remain calm and exercise restraint to avoid further escalating tensions.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shuang said the international community must respect Iraq&#8217;s independence and territorial integrity.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged both sides to abide by the principles of the U.N. charter and the &#8220;basic norms of international relations.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecPompeo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/1014454396522934273\/w_96hmja_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecPompeo\"><strong><\/strong><strong>\u2714<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecPompeo\/status\/1213062846021558273\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I spoke today with Chinese Politburo Member Yang Jiechi to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\">@realDonaldTrump<\/a>&#8216;s decision to eliminate Soleimani in response to imminent threats to American lives.  I reiterated our commitment to de-escalation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week, Iran, China, and Russia&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/christmas-eve-present-china-releases-video-live-fire-war-drill-south-china-sea\">held a joint war drill<\/a>&nbsp;in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Oman as a deterrent against U.S. forces.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Department of State tweeted Friday that all U.S. citizens must &#8220;depart Iraq immediately.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China Urges &#8216;Calm And Restraint&#8217; After US Kills Top Iranian General Agence France-Presse&nbsp;(AFP) is reporting China on Friday has requested restraint from all sides, &#8220;especially the United States,&#8221; after the U.S. killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in an airstrike at Baghdad international airport. &#8220;China has always opposed the use of force in international relations,&#8221; Chinese [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[130,441,28776,16414],"class_list":["post-50402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-china","tag-iran","tag-qasem-soleimani","tag-united-staes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50402"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50403,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50402\/revisions\/50403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}