Chinese flee Iran overland by bus to safety of neighbouring countries

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BEIJING - The first Chinese evacuees from Iran have started sharing on social media their desperate efforts to reach the Islamic Republic's borders and the safety of Turkmenistan, Armenia and Azerbaijan, as the Israel-Iran air war entered a sixth day.

Several thousand Chinese nationals are thought to reside in oil-rich Iran, according to state media reports highlighting Beijing's efforts to deepen strategic and commercial ties with the theocratic regime over the past two decades.

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