No, Iran and China Are Not ‘Winning’
The article argues against the narrative that Iran and China are emerging victorious from their current conflicts with the U.S. It highlights that while media portrayals suggest resilience, both nations are facing significant challenges and losses. The piece emphasizes that weakening an adversary's military and economic capabilities should be viewed as strategic gains rather than failures.
- ▪Iran's military leadership has been significantly weakened and its economy is in distress.
- ▪Media coverage often misinterprets Iran's survival as a sign of victory, despite its losses.
- ▪China faces ongoing structural issues, including slowing economic growth and heavy dependence on imported energy.
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| Original publisher | Daily Signal |
| Canonical URL | https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/05/30/china-iran-not-winning/ |
| Publication time | Sat, 30 May 2026 14:00:00 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-30T14:04:38.135Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-30T14:04:38.135Z |
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| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
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| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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Home – Political Commentary & Opinion – No, Iran and China Are Not ‘Winning’ opinion No, Iran and China Are Not ‘Winning’ Ben Shapiro • May 30, 2026 Print President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on May 15, 2026, in Beijing. (Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images) (function(){var t=document.querySelector(".wp-block-kadence-dynamichtml"),s=document.currentScript.previousElementSibling;if(t&&s){if("prepend"==="before_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t);else if("prepend"==="after_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t.nextSibling);else if("prepend"==="prepend"||"prepend"==="inside_first_child")t.insertBefore(s,t.firstChild);else t.appendChild(s);}})(); For years, much of the American media has operated under a peculiar assumption: that the best way to confront adversaries such as…
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