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When senior officials from Iran and Saudi Arabia leant over to shake hands, the most shocking thing was less that the bitter rivals had agreed a peace deal, but that the man between them was not American. He was Chinese. It was seen as a deeply significant moment in the rise of China's diplomacy to challenge to American influence in the Middle East – and beyond. "The US is no longer the only game in town," Trita Parsi, the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, told RTÉ News. Washington appeared to have been caught off guard...
