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China Steps Up Support for Palestinian Cause in Challenge to U.S. Mideast Policy

Leader Xi Jinping has unleashed a gust of diplomacy around Gaza despite limited direct involvement in the region

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Updated Nov. 21, 2023 9:37 am ET

Israel intensified its offensive in northern Gaza ahead of a potential deal with Hamas that would see the Palestinian militant group release dozens of hostages in return for a partial pause in fighting. Photo: Stringer/Reuters

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is seizing on the conflict in Gaza to portray his country as a force for stability in the Muslim world, in contrast with what Beijing casts as American meddling in the Middle East.

In recent weeks, China has ramped up its appeals to halt the Israel-Gaza war, a show of diplomatic bustle laden with humanitarian platitudes but light on substantive proposals for achieving a cease-fire.

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