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Brief May 14, 2026 · 1:48 am ET Source: NBC News Politics

Retired PLA Colonel Says China Monitors U.S. Iran Campaign

Retired Chinese Senior Colonel Zhou Bo said China is drawing intelligence lessons from watching the United States wage war against Iran, and outlined what Beijing expects to gain from the Trump-Xi summit, according to NBC News. The source article does not contain verbatim quotes from the interview beyond the summary, but Zhou Bo is a former PLA senior colonel and a known commentator on Chinese strategic affairs who has appeared regularly in Western media.

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