{"id":16163,"date":"2026-03-18T14:37:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/18\/china-dismisses-u-s-hormuz-request-as-trumps-beijing-trip-is-delayed-and-iran-war-deepens-pbs\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:37:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:37:42","slug":"china-dismisses-u-s-hormuz-request-as-trumps-beijing-trip-is-delayed-and-iran-war-deepens-pbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/18\/china-dismisses-u-s-hormuz-request-as-trumps-beijing-trip-is-delayed-and-iran-war-deepens-pbs\/","title":{"rendered":"China dismisses U.S. Hormuz request as Trump&#8217;s Beijing trip is delayed and Iran war deepens &#8211; PBS"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">China dismisses U.S. Hormuz request as Trump&#8217;s Beijing trip is delayed and Iran war deepens<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">PBS<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxPNlEwcFVYTDR2MUJFVEtLS1lIX3ZDdUlkRjB4TUwydUQ2c1JCMGhxSF8tdW54ckcwcXdtMUxoYl9Da0pxd2pjdS1Od2poVXc4UVMzeS1sc2ZFRnJvblRCcFg0YUJkMlFES2w2YnNJS216OGdYQmxiSTNwbTREa0NVSXVncy12TXpyZmR0ag?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump Says U.S. Doesn\u2019t Need Allies to Reopen Strait of Hormuz<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxQSDF2VlVTY2REeVE3V0drcjhtdnpsWEtjYU95RlBVQTNWUmVtdGRnREh4R1VDbkxkbFV6OWF4WGZCeFRvUXRpVVBKNW5wc0Z4SHZ6ajE2MXZIeENKRWlxbDVBdURMM0NzaFNxSGhlX3lhZVd1SWEtV1NHbUZIWFpqRW8wdWJqY3V6SmxiX3FzTGh6c2ttWk10cmJfMlJNWHdkOXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Trump\u2019s failed strong-arming of allies on Iran shows that pressure is losing its effect<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxQYmNZM3RVOXBCRVlyLWFidVBneEtFU3g5aWYwT1JqWEZDdHdNcFRIekFmN1cxcXdCMkVsYk1EV1JOWkVYaWZwRDYtVWlUVW83RFB3RmE5VHN1a2w0ZEdhYXlwUUlTd0ppcmwwS1IzR2VjRXlFcWk3MDVwTEVnVWpIS20ycU5mcTlh?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Europe tells Trump Iran is &#8216;not our war&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxNajJxWGlSNVpwNjdSdzY0MmotMUJLdGo1S3hfa0dJVk5hLXp2a3VYRGw3YTNiNFVjVDM2cVBlSUdFZUNoWmFtNWkwQlFpTlNhNDNzZG9UYW1rRzlkVXJoeDV0S3JKaHN6WHRNT2YycTkwbzl1U3M2OEVzYVJxU3JyWUxiVWs5UQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Estonia \u2018ready to talk\u2019 on Strait of Hormuz backup<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China dismisses U.S. Hormuz request as Trump&#8217;s Beijing trip is delayed and Iran war deepens&nbsp;&nbsp;PBS Trump Says U.S. Doesn\u2019t Need Allies to Reopen Strait of&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/18\/china-dismisses-u-s-hormuz-request-as-trumps-beijing-trip-is-delayed-and-iran-war-deepens-pbs\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}