China just made another audacious bid to challenge the US as a key Middle East power broker

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi brokered a truce between Mahmoud al-Aloul, a leader of the Palestinian group Fatah and Mussa Abu Marzuk, a leader of Hamas, in July 2024.

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• China has helped broker a truce between Hamas and Fatah.
• It's positioning itself as a champion of Palestinian autonomy amid the Israel-Hamas war.
• China's diplomatic efforts are becoming a bigger way for it to challenge US power, an expert said.

In the nine-month war between Israel and Hamas...