Kuala Lampur, April 26 -- The latest advisory issued by the Chinese Embassy in Tehran, alongside its consulates across Iran, is far more than a routine warning.

It is, in effect, a geopolitical signal - quiet in tone but loud in implication. Notwithstanding the fact that this is the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) of any country looking out for its citizens. But when China or any great powers turn to issuing such evacuation warning, all is not well at the US-Iran front. The latter's negotiations in Islamabad, once again, have failed to materialise.

Thus, when a major power such as China begins urging its citizens to evacuate, indeed, remain on high alert, and relocate to safer areas, Beijing is not merely responding to isolated secur...