The Strait of Hormuz: A war racing against time

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  Iran has vowed revenge after an Israeli missile strike killed Iranian security chief Ali Larijani.

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  U.S.

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  President Donald Trump Trump has called for backup to help force open the Strait of Hormuz,

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  but so far allies have expressed no interest in getting involved.

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  Meanwhile, a Pakistani-flagged tanker is reported to be the first non-Iranian ship to officially transit the Strait of Hormuz.

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  And President Trump has announced a delay in his scheduled China visit.

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  So lots of things happening at the same time.

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  What do these latest developments signal about the situation?

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  In the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, will Iran open the strait to more countries?

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  And what does Europe's refusal, at least for now, to assist the U.S.

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  mean for transatlantic relations?

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  Welcome to this edition of The Point with me, Liu Xin, an opinion show coming to you from Beijing.

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  I'm pleased to be joined from Da Nang, Vietnam, by Wang Dan, China director of the Eurasia Group,

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  from Hong Kong, S.A.R., by Professor John Quelch, executive vice president.

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  Let's get started.

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  Let's start with the very latest, of course, the confirmation that Iranian security chief Ali Larijani has been confirmed killed alongside his son

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  and several others by an Israeli airstrike.

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  Now, he has been seen for a long time as a pragmatist, considered by the West to be someone whom they can Professor Yang Xiyu, let me start with you.

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  How is this going to impact the war?

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  Mm-hmm.

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