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The Fox News Rundown

How Much Pressure Can China Put On Iran?

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

Politics, Daily News, News

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

China is the biggest buyer of oil and gas passing through the Strait of Hormuz and the White House is saying both President Trump and Chinese President Xi agreed the key waterway must remain open. The discussions also focused on trade and how to better it between the two nations, and will test whether diplomacy can translate into progress on the divisions that define the U.S.–China relationship. FOX’s John Saucier speaks with Jack Burnham, senior research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ (FDD’s) China Program, who says with China's support of Iran, they won't be pressing Tehran into anything that makes them lose control of the country. Click Here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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I'm Ainslie Your Heart.

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I'm Trey Gowdy and this is the Fox News rundown.

0:38.0

Thursday, May 14th, 2026.

0:40.8

I'm John Sassier.

0:42.4

President Trump's in China right now, as he's got plenty to talk about with President

0:46.2

Xi Jinping over there.

0:47.8

Mr. Trump says that Mr. Xi has agreed to not provide weapons to Iran during this

0:52.1

conflict, but we know China and Iran are major

0:54.5

trade partners in this war is putting a squeeze on Chinese energy purchases.

0:58.8

I don't think that Beijing is looking to force Tehran into painful concessions that might

1:04.6

cause the regime to fall or collapse and would lose some of the leverage that China currently

1:09.9

has in the region.

1:11.1

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1:17.4

President Trump meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing Wednesday,

1:21.8

these two leaders discussing of, of course, the war with Iran,

1:24.6

and how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which is under a U.S. Navy blockade. Tehran is also reportedly charging tolls to pass through the shipping lane where China receives as much as half of its crude oil. On Fox's Hannity, the president says Xi promised him the Chinese are not sending weapons to Iran. He said that strongly. But at the same time, he said, you know, they buy a lot of

1:45.0

their oil there, and they'd like to keep doing that. He'd like to see Hormos straight open.

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