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.

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

The Iran war is disrupting global energy flows and increasing the risk of wider regional escalation, leaving major economies such as China walking a tightrope. View on euronews

Mark Dubowitz, CEO of Foundation for Defense of Democracies, discusses Japan's careful approach to the Iran conflict, balancing economic interests and constitutional restrictions. He emphasizes China's close monitoring of U.

Iran has continued to ship crude oil via the Strait of Hormuz to China even as the war between U.S.-Israel and Iran has disrupted broader energy supplies via the waterway.

China, the world’s biggest crude importer, is close to tapping its vast commercial oil reserves as the Middle East war shows no signs of ending, according to FGE NexantECA.

The authoritarian regimes of China, Iran, and North Korea are actively engaged in reshaping the economy within Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine, a new report has revealed. The Eastern Human

On Wednesday, SaharaReporters reported that Esmaeil Khatib, identified as the Iranian government Minister of Intelligence, was killed in what has been described as a targeted strike in Tehran, according to an official announcement by the Israeli Defence Forces.