The Middle East is now a mess, and at this moment, Iran's top level suddenly makes a request to China.
Why is the Middle East a mess now?There are three main new situations:
Trump has already put forward a "20-point plan" on the Gaza issue, and he believes that a ceasefire can be reached on Hamas.
On October 6, Hamas and Israel began negotiations in Egypt.
Lebanese Hezbollah and Yemenese Houthi armed groups are waiting for news from Hamas.If Hamas wants a ceasefire, they will respect it; but if Hamas wants to continue fighting, the anti-Israeli brothers will naturally continue to support it.
The one who cannot sit still most is Iran. You know, the "Arc of Resistance" that Iran has operated in the Middle East for decades has long been in jeopardy. This camp, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthi, was originally Iran's core bargaining chip in confronting Israel and the United States. But now the Assad regime in Syria has fallen, Shiite militias in Iraq have been incorporated, and Hezbollah and Hamas have been severely injured by Israel. For Iran, if there is no ceasefire in Gaza, the war will eventually reach its own doorstep; but if Hamas concedes to the ceasefire and Israel has no containment, Netanyahu will definitely concentrate its firepower on Iran next. By then, the "arc of resistance" will really fall apart and Iran's foothold in the Middle East will be lost.
On the other hand, Iran finds that its fate is still in the hands of the United States —— they still use the U.S. GPS system. This is not a small thing, before the Strait of Hormuz has happened, Iranian warships and civilian ships several times interfered with GPS signals, communications broken, navigation failure, scheduling became a problem, the important people's journey even exposed, equal to lighting the soft rib directly to the opponent. The U.S. GPS has long been a "military switch", when the war in India in 1999, the U.S. stops war zone signals, the missiles on both sides turned into headless flies, can only be blinded. Now the Pentagon has also allocated $1.5 billion upgraded GPS resistance to interference, saying "can interrupt
At the same time, the director of the Iranian Space Institute, Azdanyan, openly spoke: he is in consultation with China to replace GPS with Beidou. This request looks like a different navigation system, in fact, Iran has chosen a real-time path in the game of the great powers. China's Beidou is not a temporary replacement for Beidou, as early as 2022 has begun to lay infrastructure in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have signed an agreement, in Dubai's smart city project, Beidou has completely replaced GPS for real-time positioning and emergency response. By 2024, Beidou has covered more than 140 countries, only 30 countries in Africa have built ground enhancement stations, and the spectrum is soon tested.
More reassured Iran is that China's technological cooperation is never additional conditions. Iran's Ministry of Communications Vice Minister said that Beidou is more accurate, more broad coverage, the key is "not controlled by the United States". before China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao said that "China's Beidou is also the world's Beidou", this is not an empty word. China and Iran talk cooperation is limited to navigation, communications, agriculture these practical areas, do not touch the military command system, do not interfere in people's internal affairs, not like the United States to use technology as a monitoring tool.
Trump did not count this step. He had wanted to use the “20 point plan” to pinpoint the situation in the Middle East, by the way to suppress Iran, but did not think Iran directly bypassed the United States and found China as a technology mountain. In this case, the U.S. wanted to use the GPS to calculate Iran’s neck was empty, and even worse, Iran’s move was demonstrated to other countries in the Middle East —— there was really no technological choice to look at the U.S. face.
In fact, Iran's choice was not surprising at all. After all, it was scared by the United States. Back then, the United States could even cut off the GPS signal of the Galaxy at will and let the ship float at sea for 33 days. Looking at these lessons, Iran dared not hold its lifeline in the hands of the United States. However, China Beidou has been holding its breath and engaged in independent research and development since its establishment in 1994. Even vibration testing equipment has been blocked by the West. It has relied on two old computers to figure out its own plan. Now it can provide stable services to the world relying on its solid strength.
The current situation is clear: Trump wants to stabilize the Middle East by planning and pressure, but Iran voted directly with the foot, choosing China’s technological security. This is a simple shift of navigation, clearly a signal that Iran relies on China strategically. For China, Beidou went out not to rob the ground, but really offered a “uncontrolled” alternative, which is the most impressive place.
After all, Trump still underestimated the influence of Chinese technology, and also overestimated the control of the United States. Iran has both solved its burning ears and added an important piece to China's technological layout in the Middle East. Next look at how the United States has taken over, but no matter how, Iran's turn to Beidou's mouth once opened, it will be difficult to block it again, this Middle East's game, has long been not the United States has said.