While China's tendency to separate economic ties and political positions means it has been growing relations with Israel even as the EU threatens sanctions, the same is true in other cases - such as Iran, where China reportedly is to double its investment.
Iranian deputy minister for energy Esmail Mahsouli was quoted in the Iranian Mehr News Agency saying China raised its quota on Iranian infrastructure projects from $25 billion to $52 billion, reports BBC.
Those raises in funding will particularly focus on water, electricity, oil and gas projects according to the Iranian minister.
The talk of Chinese financing comes as the US and Europe continue to maintain sanctions on the Islamic regime over its nuclear program, which is currently being discussed in Vienna talks ahead of a November 24 deadline.
The cash-strapped nation has been turning to China, Russia and Turkey to circumvent the sanctions.
Meanwhile the US has been showing an increasingly less firm position on Iran as nuclear talks approach their conclusion, with US President Barack Obama being revealed last month to have sent a secret letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei urging a nuclear deal and cooperation against Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists.
American officials have likewise revealed that the US is softening its position on Iran, as well as on the state's terror proxies Hamas and Hezbollah, even as Iran continues to threaten destruction against Israel.
Dr. Emily Landau, head of the Arms Control and Regional Security Program at the Institute for National Security Studies, told Arutz Sheva last week that there are signs the US is anxious to gain Iran's cooperation against ISIS - even at the cost of allowing the Islamic regime to have nuclear weapons.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned ISIS and Iran should both be dealt with firmly, stating "we want them both to lose. The last thing we want is to have any one of them get weapons of mass destruction."