A U.S.-based China analyst has escalated concerns over Beijing’s role in the Iran conflict, arguing that its alleged support for Tehran amounts to indirect participation in the war against the United States.
Speaking during an interview on Fox Business on Thursday March 19, 2026, Gordon Chang, a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute, said Washington should fundamentally reassess how it views China in the context of the conflict.
“We should consider China an enemy combatant in the course of this war,” Chang said.
His remarks followed earlier claims that Iran had used Chinese-made supersonic missiles in an attempted strike on the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln. While those claims remain disputed and U.S. officials have said Iranian missiles did not hit the vessel. Chang argued that the broader issue is China’s sustained support for Iran. See More In Details…