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CCTV –tells Chinese what to think about the Iran war
CCTV, the official government network of China, created a 4-minute AI cartoon video on the Iran war. English subtitles were added by Angelica, a resident of Taiwan. I suggest watching the video at half speed, because the dialog flashes by at a brisk pace. Double right click hard on the blank screen to get started.
Or watch on YouTube:
The United States forces are the White Eagle Alliance, while the Persians (Iranians) are cats.
One Chinese-centered feature of the video is the opening reference to the world currency, White Eagle Gold Tickets, by which the White Eagle Alliance “controls everything,” This overstates the power of the dollar In fact, what made Trump back down (halfway) on his Liberation Day tariffs of April 2025 was the sudden decline in the value of the dollar in backlash to those tariffs.
At the end of the video, the merchants of the world ponder whether they should seek other means of trade not involving the Strait of Hormuz and White Eagle Gold Tickets.
To point to parallels in the real world. The Saudi Arabian East-West Pipeline is already carrying 12% of the oil of the Persian Gulf coast to the Red Sea, avoiding the Strait of Hormuz. On top of that, Israel is floating the idea of pipelines from Saudi Arabia that would deliver oil and gas to a Mediterranean port. Of course, that would mean that Israel would have its hand on the spigot instead of Iran. Finally, Turkey wants a pipeline built through Syria to the Mediterranean. If all suggestions were built, no one country could serve as a choke point. So, if the world is smart, it will start building pipelines—a beautiful, nonviolent way to weaken Iran without handing blackmail power to another country!
It is hard to see how China could play a direct role in finding a safer outlet for Persian Gulf oil and gas. They don't live in the right neighborhood.
Regarding the issue of a world currency, even Chinese economists do not expect the Renminbi (RMB), the Chinese currency, to become a world currency in the foreseeable future. The Chinese government keeps tight control over the value of the RMB as a tool of economic policy. Use of the RMB worldwide would either mean surrendering that control, or forcing the world accept the value of the RMB as specified by the Chinese government. In contrast, the value of the dollar floats freely and thus allows the world to have some impact on the decisions of Donald Trump through downturns in the markets. In short. the world puts more faith in the twelve Governors of the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee than the Politburo of the People's Republic of China.
And the firehose of history continues.…
Until I read this post I did not realize there was a 745km pipeline, highly exposed to both Iranian strikes and Houthi operations, carrying 12% of the Gulf's oil supply. Fantastic.
Terrific! Thanks, Kathleen.