Long-range live-fire drills target waters north of Taiwan in this screenshot from a video released by the Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army on December 30, 2025. Eastern Theatre Command/Handout via Reuters
Iran is being pummelled by the United States and Israel, demonstrating that their technology is vastly superior to anything Iran can muster. The one-sided war is not only an indictment of Iran’s indigenous weaponry, it also reflects poorly on the Chinese-made arms Iran relies on.
Patricia Adams is an economist and president of the Energy Probe Research Foundation and Probe International, an independent think tank in Canada and around the world. She is the publisher of internet news services Three Gorges Probe and Odious Debts Online and the author or editor of numerous books. Her books and articles have been translated into Chinese, Spanish, Bengali, Japanese, and Bahasa Indonesia. She can be reached at [email protected]
