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#China has now weighed in as well:
#Beijing said it was "deeply concerned about the current escalation", adding it called on "relevant parties to remain calm and restrained to avoid further escalation of tensions".

It has close diplomatic and economic ties w #Iran - and the US had been calling on Beijing to urge #Tehran not to launch a retaliatory attack on #Israel

However, US officials had privately said they had seen no evidence that China had applied pressure on Iran, acc to the FT