What I mean is that there are plenty of non-kinetic ways in which China can help Iran today, under the guise of "humanitarian aid" which the US does plenty of when projecting forces. I am obviously not expecting direct ,frontal military intervention with Chinese J-11 squadrons litteraly flying in the face of IAF of USN jets, this is not Call of Duty and I understand China has indeed zero incentive or benefit in starting a hot war over Iran , this is not that kind of relationship and such action would be nonsensical. They can send in a solid flotilla including air defense ships to the shores of the Persian Gulf or in the immediate vicinity of the Indian Ocean, all of that is feasible without entering in direct contact with US/Israeli operation but could tacitly diminish their margin for maneuver operationnally while providing crucial intel to any remaining Iranian air-defense asset or missile forces moving around with EW data, create jamming bubbles in crucial corridors and other ECM to passively disrupt and degrade PGM efficiency etc... What I find deplorable is that total visible lack of any indication of any of these passive , low-cost and low-risk initiatives that do not even imply physical entanglement with US/Israeli forces over Iran as it is only an air campagin so far. It indicates imho a shocking level of strategic shortsightedness on the part of the PRC that I certainly did not expect at the level.
