China frets over nuclear ‘double standard’

While reporting Tehran to the Security Council is being executed in the name of preventing nuclear proliferation, China has voiced fears that the whole non-proliferation system has been destabilized by the freshly inked nuclear deal between the United States and India.

..Although China has huge oil stakes in the Middle Eastern country, in recent months Beijing has sided with the US and Europe in their combined efforts to curtail Iran’s nuclear ambitions.
Chinese Foreign Ministry officials have called on Tehran to observe all obligations that go with the NPT so that the crisis can be resolved without moving it to the Security Council. China, which has veto power in the council, would be forced to make an uncomfortable choice between its international standing and economic interests should developments lead to a vote on sanctions against Tehran.

Asia Times