From buying oil to selling rocket parts, these are some of the ways China is giving Iran critical support.

Accurate grain output prediction allows China to mitigate food shortages, react to global price rises or plan storage and export measures.

By Kevin Yao and Liangping Gao BEIJING, March 20 (Reuters) - China's long fight with deflation risks morphing into something harsher, with economists warning the war in Iran could spark "bad inflation" at a time when chronically weak consumption and fading external demand leave the economy with little cushion.

President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he would delay his trip to China for "five or six weeks," officially pushing the major summit after administration officials opened the door to the trip's postponement as they focus on the war with Iran.

China has been helping Iran in its war against the US and Israel, Iran’s foreign minister boasted Saturday — days after confirming his country has also been aided by Russia. “Russia and China are our strategy partners,

The United Kingdom, Japan and several other countries have said they have no plans to commit warships to the Strait of Hormuz.

Despite threats passed on to China by Israel and the Mossad not to help Iran rearm, foreign reports have credited Beijing with helping Iran quickly rebuild its ballistic missile apparatus. Although

Conflict in the Middle East and growing global turbulence following US-Israeli strikes against Iran has seen foreign investors look to China.