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The Hormuz-Yuan Corridor: Why the Multipolar Plumbing Is Being Laid While Washington Watches the Strait

Riyadh is lobbying Washington to lift its own blockade. Beijing is settling Iranian crude in yuan. Lavrov was in Beijing Tuesday, Antalya Saturday. The BRICS+ plumbing is being welded in plain sight.

By Moemedi Michael Poncana·Global South·1-minute read·18 Apr 2026·Live on the wire ↗

— MMP, Cape Town, 18 April 2026