China will help with the reconstruction of Iran and will transfer dual use technology, there is no question of that. But it'll stay outside of any treaty-based entanglements on the other side of the world. The reality is that Iran is too far, and China doesn't have a blue water navy capable of contesting the US Navy around the world. You'd need a strong network of bases in Pakistan to realistically reinforce Iran in a land war, and China has not built that kind of infrastructure, nor is Pakistan in a hurry to encourage it.
Much of modern geopolitics can be understood from the lens of Western (or specifically American) logistical hegemony and while that is starting to shift, it's not something that'll go away in a few years, or even decades, of bad decisions. The disaster in Iran is only a stepping stone towards that end - its significance is more in showing the limits of US power in the pursuit of violent regime change than in establishing a new world order. The US empire will survive - this is not the killing blow - and its vassals will go back to business as usual. The burning of Rome is yet to come.
Much of modern geopolitics can be understood from the lens of Western (or specifically American) logistical hegemony and while that is starting to shift, it's not something that'll go away in a few years, or even decades, of bad decisions. The disaster in Iran is only a stepping stone towards that end - its significance is more in showing the limits of US power in the pursuit of violent regime change than in establishing a new world order. The US empire will survive - this is not the killing blow - and its vassals will go back to business as usual. The burning of Rome is yet to come.
