China's Military Outlines Lessons from US-Israeli Attack on Iran
China Military Bugle — the official social media voice of China's military — published a bilingual graphic on X Tuesday, offering a pointed commentary on strikes that devastated Iranian government, military, and nuclear infrastructure. The offensive also killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and several senior Iranian commanders in Tehran, triggering retaliatory strikes by Iran against Israel and US military installations throughout the Gulf.
The post outlined five blunt takeaways.
Internal betrayal, it warned, represents the "deadliest threat" — an apparent reference to the wave of anti-government protests that swept Iran, which Tehran had long alleged were orchestrated by Washington and Tel Aviv. Media reported earlier this week that Khamenei's assassination was made possible after Israeli intelligence successfully compromised nearly all of Tehran's CCTV surveillance network.
"Blind faith in peace," the post continued, constitutes the "costliest miscalculation" any nation can make. The third lesson — labeled the "coldest reality" — stated that superior firepower "often dictates outcomes" on the modern battlefield.
The fourth warning targeted the "illusion of victory," a thinly veiled reference to the prolonged destabilization that followed US military interventions in Iraq, Syria, and Libya. Finally, the post declared "self-reliance" the only dependable guarantor of true national sovereignty.
Beijing has been unsparing in its condemnation of the strikes, branding them "unacceptable" and denouncing what it called the "blatant killing of a sovereign leader and the incitement of regime change." China has demanded an immediate ceasefire and a swift return to diplomatic channels.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pressed those concerns directly with his Israeli counterpart Gideon Saar in a phone call, disclosing that Iranian and American negotiators had achieved "significant progress" in nuclear talks before they collapsed under the weight of the military campaign — talks that, Wang emphasized, had also been structured to address Israeli security interests.
Beijing has separately urged all parties to protect the Strait of Hormuz, through which global energy supplies flow. Multiple oil tankers operating in the area have already been struck, and maritime traffic through the strategic waterway has collapsed by roughly 70%. The economic stakes for China are acute: Beijing purchases more than 80% of Iran's total oil exports, according to multiple estimates.
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