French Navy Chief Urges China to Take More Action to Reopen Hormuz Strait

This doesn’t indicate that the EU is pivoting toward the Chinese regime, but instead is putting it on the spot, analysts say.

A tanker at anchor as traffic is down in the Strait of Hormuz, amid the U.S.–Israeli conflict with Iran, in Shinas, Oman, on March 11, 2026. Benoit Tessier/Reuters

French Adm. Nicolas Vaujour said on April 1 that China will likely have to engage more directly in reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Analysts told The Epoch Times that the French navy chief’s move to put the Chinese communist regime on the spot amid discord between the United States and its NATO allies over the Iran war is Europe’s attempt to use a multilateral approach to address disruptions to global oil supplies.