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As a sign of their close ties, Iran is one of the few countries Chinese nationals can travel to visa-free.
China is the buyer of most of Iran's oil.
And in 1989, then Iranian President Ali Khamenei toured China, his last international trip before becoming Supreme Leader of Iran.
China's state broadcaster shared video of about a dozen of its citizens being ferried from northern Iran.
to Azerbaijan, where they were met by Chinese diplomats.
Beijing has condemned the joint strikes in Tehran, which killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials.
As a sign of their close ties, Iran is one of the few countries Chinese nationals can travel to visa-free.
China is the buyer of most of Iran's oil.
And in 1989, then Iranian President Ali Khamenei toured China, his last international trip before becoming Supreme Leader of Iran.
The drills kicked off Monday with China accusing the Philippines of having, quote, co-opted countries outside the region to organize the so-called joint patrols.
China's referring to Air Force drills the U.S.
and Japan did together this week, as well as joint Navy drills Japan, the Philippines and the U.S.
all in the South China Sea, this huge expanse of water and ocean bed which multiple countries claim and through which critical trade routes run.
An international tribunal ruled in favor of the Philippines' claims against China in 2016, and the Philippines has been more aggressive in trying to enforce that ruling against Chinese claims in the last few years.
As part of the deal, TSMC, which is Taiwan's most powerful semiconductor chip company, also agreed to invest another about $150 billion in the U.S.
In return, Taiwan would get some tariff exemptions and lower their overall tariff rate.