The ongoing conflict in Iran and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz may create new tensions during President Trump's upcoming summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Both nations have differing perspectives on the crisis.

As US President Donald Trump prepares to visit Beijing next week after a six-week delay, the cause of the delay – the war on Iran and the resulting closure of the Strait of Hormuz – risks becoming a fresh point of friction in his summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. While both China and the US stand to benefit from the reopening of the strait and a permanent end to the war, Beijing and Washington have viewed the crisis through different lenses and sharply diverged over how to achieve....