Day: June 26, 2025

A day after Israel hit Iran on June 13, several news outlets, including The Telegraph, reported mysterious cargo planes leaving China on three consecutive days flying westward across northern China before crossing into Kazakhstan, and then south through Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, before dropping off of radar tracking systems in western Iran. The newspaper said, “Aviation experts have noted that the type of plane used, Boeing 747 freighters, are commonly used for transporting military equipment and weapons, and hired to fly government contract orders.” However, others throw doubt on this hypothesis, saying tracking is often cut off before reaching the plane’s destination, in this case marked as Luxembourg. Following Washington’s surgical strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, is China providing more than just rhetorical support? Our guests: Renato Cruz de Castro MOFA Taiwan Fellow at National Chengchi University Hsiao-chuan Liao National Taiwan University Department of Political Science Associate Professor and Deputy Chair Ocean Affairs Council Expert Advisory Member Mor Sobol Tamkang University Diplomacy and International Relations Associate Professor Chapters 00:00:00 – Iran-Israel War’s Impact in Indo-Pacific 00:01:19 – U.S. Intel on Iran’s Nuclear Program 00:10:45 – Beijing’s Position on Mid-East Conflict 00:19:15 – Is U.S. Distracted from Indo-Pacific? #Iran #Tehran #Israel #TelAviv #IranIsraelConflict #IndoPacific #USIntelligence #USMilitary #China #PRC #Beijing #USmilitary #USstrikes #DonaldTrump #BenjaminNetanyahu #XiJinping #PLA #PeoplesLiberationArmy #TaiwanStrait #AircraftCarrier #IranNuclearProgram #MiddleEast #TaiwanUSRelations #TaiwanTalks