China helped broker Iran truce, but it’s wary of deeper involvement

Beijing urged Iran to accept a ceasefire, but it hasn’t agreed to act as a guarantor of the deal in America’s messy war. After years of uneven attempts to play global peacemaker, China’s role in this week’s U.S.-Iran ceasefire suggests that its long bid for influence finally may be starting to land. But with the truce still fragile, Beijing is in largely uncharted territory and remains cautious about taking on a messy war of America’s making.