China's Iran Peace Plan: Show or Substance?

0:00It's April 4th. Global news today starts now. AI-powered and worldwide. I'm Cory with the story. China is jumping into the Iran War diplomacy with a five-point proposal alongside Pakistan, pushing for an end to fighting and reopening the strait of. Hormuz. They're rallying Gulf nations like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, while blocking a United Nations plan that could green life force to clear the strait. Foreign Minister Wang Yi has been on the phone non-stop. Over 20 calls to regional leaders from Russia to Oman and Israel. He hosted Pakistan's counterpart in Beijing to finalize the plan, and sent a special envoy on peace tours telling everyone China wants to lead. De-escalation. US officials are staying neutral but show zero interest in China's moves, calling it more show than substance. Experts say it's like their Ukraine peace plan, lots of talk on responsibility versus US aggression, but no real action. Trump's team soured on third-party mediation anyway.

1:02The war he did up Friday when Iran downed two US military planes, the first since it started five weeks ago. That delayed Trump's mid-May China trip, and Bahrain softened its UN proposal to just defensive actions with the vote now next week. China and Russia worry it'll fuel more conflict. China's somewhat shielded from Hormuz disruptions, thanks to diversified energy, but experts warn prolonged chaos hits their export economy hard, through higher costs and weak demand. For now, Beijing keeps pitching ceasefire as the only fix while Washington stays quiet.