Quote:China's Infrastructure Investment in Iran - Winning Hearts and Minds
With Washington readying itself for yet another military misadventure, a look at one aspect of Iran that gets only sporadic coverage in the Western media is in order. The relationship between Iran and China goes back over two millennia when China and the Persian Empire as shown on this map which shows the ancient Silk Route (Silk Road) trading routes:

It was the old Silk Route that brought three of the world's great civilizations together; China, Persia and Roman.

This ancient trading pattern has been revived, thanks in large part to the imposition of sanctions against Iran by the United States and its lapdog partners in Europe. China has been able to take advantage of the departure of western economies from Iran, signing a myriad of deals with Iran's leaders that are to both nations' advantage as you will see in this posting.