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LIN JIAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson : We have made clear on many occasions that China firmly opposes illegal unilateral sanctions that lack a basis in international law.

This kind of recognition can change people’s lives when it’s given politically — like, when a state recognizes a same-sex partnership as an officially sanctioned marriage.

In fact, it kicks the can on Iran's nuclear stockpile while allowing Iran to eventually charge fees in the Strait of Hormuz and committing the US to end sanctions and facilitate a $300-billion reconstruction fund.