This is an objectively good thing.
this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2026
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... since the outbreak of the war in Israel, Beijing has classified Israel as a “high-risk area” and imposed a ban on any new Chinese investments in the country.
The South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong-based Chinese propaganda outlet, published just last week that China, Israel continue to collaborate in science and tech despite unrest in Gaza.
While Beijing supports Palestine and has a fractious relationship with Tel Aviv’s closest ally, cutting-edge innovations keep them together.
In a report published just now in February 2026, Lloyd's Bank explicitly says,
Chinese investment in Israel has grown rapidly in recent years, particularly in software, IT services and consumer electronics.
Trade between China and Israel is also at an all-time high since the outbreak of the pandemic, and this hasn't notably changed since the Gaza war (with Chinese exports to Israel have always been higher than imports from Israel, so Israel runs a trade deficit with China).
It's important to note that this Chinese Ballet Vision fund cites losses of its investment since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, and it seems this is the real issue here. China is heavily investing and trading with Israel. Nothing has changed.
This is not much more than propaganda, the numbers paint a different picture. China-Israel business ties are stronger than ever, despite Gaza.
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since the outbreak of the war in Israel, Beijing has classified Israel as a “high-risk area” and imposed a ban on any new Chinese investments in the country,
This is not a moral standing by China, it's 100% pragmatic deeming Israel a high risk area.
There is no reason to call China "based" or any other such crazy comments we see here.
A simple case of killing 2 birds with 1 stone: An economically sane decision can be presented as being ethical to generate good publicity with saps all around the world. Particularly effective now that the USA is in such a bad place that people like to sing China's praises instead.
They're just reading the room. They're not doing it because they think israel is bad, they're doing it because it's economically disastrous to do so. Within the next 5 years the US will be in the same position if it keeps going the way it is. We'll be too "high risk."
Why is China the only country reading the room?
Others don't want to be antisemitic /s (probably they still get a ton of money out of it)
I disagree. The epstein files prove how captured the entire american political apparatus is by pissrael. In fact, pissrael has done so, to most Global North countries. China taking this stance is actually pretty big when you consider that and the geopolitical implications of declaring their opposition to the American empire.
The more I learn about China, the more I like. Mostly.
Wait, this broken clock has the right time on it
Wow I rarely say this about Chinese government but based.
Good policy for bad (or at least not principled) reasons. It’s for money. They consider Israel “high risk” because of the war. China doesn’t give a shit about human rights. They send their own Muslims to concentration camps.
Also, the current tensions in the region threatens China's supply of cheap oil from Iran.
True. It's a state. I can't think of a time a state did something for purely altruistic reasons.
It's also to say they have principles. It's hard for the USA or Europe to criticize their human rights abuses while continuing to support Israel. It's a way to highlight western hypocrisy while avoiding risk. Remember they still invest into other high risk countries. High risk can lead to high reward.
I find it easy to criticize both where warranted
Yes, and we should continue to do so. However, lets not pretend that immoral actions by America and Europe don't undermined their position.
The literal hellscape on earth North Korea is right next door, they just recently got done executing citizens for watching a TV show
There's obviously more to this
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Fucking China showing how it's fucking done! Way to go!
This is not a moral standing, the basis is that Israel is deemed too risky.
Another one who didn't read the article.
Cool story bro
It is
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