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  • Deciphering China in the Middle East

    The launch of the BRI in 2013, the publication in 2015 of China’s Military Strategy7 referring to the 'strategic principles of active defence' and Xi’s speech at the 19th national congress of the Communist Party of China all signalled a much more active foreign policy and the readiness to defend (in an even more assertive way) Chinese interests, especially ‘core interests’8 far away from home.

  • Perspective: China is Not the Middle East’s High Roller

    Private investment that flows from the U.S., Britain and Europe to the Middle East is consistent over time and a stronger force for job-creation and regional economic development.

  • Perspective: The false logic of a China-US choice in the Middle East

    By focusing on state investments and publicizing them widely, China has made the US litmus test in the region about bilateral, state finance. In contrast, what the United States and its allies offer the region is a system of access to international capital, to institutions that reward governance, rule of law and ultimately local job creation, rather than the enrichment of state entities, contracts that boost state bank balance sheets, and volatile project flow that rarely creates lasting local growth or employment.

  • US-China Rivalry: Gulf States Struggle to Hedge Their Bets

    The seemingly escalating US effort to box in China is hampered by the fact that no US company produces a 5G alternative. “5G is the future. To reconsider Huawei, the US has to offer an alternative. So far, it hasn’t done so,” a Gulf official who wishes to remain anonymous told Inside Arabia.

  • China’s Saudi oil imports surge in May to all-time high

    China's crude oil imports from Saudi Arabia nearly doubled in May from a year earlier to all-time high as refineries snapped up cheap fuel, while the kingdom retained its position as the top supplier to the world's biggest oil buyer.

  • U.S. warns Russia, China of U.N. isolation if Iran arms ban extension blocked

    Russia and China will be isolated at the United Nations if they continue down the “road to dystopia” by blocking a U.S. bid to extend a weapons ban on Iran, U.S. Iran envoy Brian Hook told Reuters ahead of his formal pitch of the embargo to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday.

  • A Chilly Summit Spotlights Escalating U.S.-China Tensions

    The frosty atmosphere was evident in both sides’ bland readouts of the meeting, which called it “constructive” but mostly highlighted the issues that divide the nations, including COVID-19, China’s move to strengthen its grip on Hong Kong, the status of self-ruling Taiwan, and Beijing’s trade practices and its treatment of the country’s Uighur Muslim minority in western Xinjiang province.

  • China’s response to COVID-19 better than U.S.’s, global poll finds

    More than 60% of people surveyed thought China had responded well to the pandemic, while only a third around the world thought the U.S. response had been effective. Just over half of those surveyed in the United States thought their government had responded well, however.

  • India China border: At least three soldiers killed in clashes in the Aksai Chin-Ladakh area

    Three Indian soldiers were killed during a "violent face-off" with Chinese troops along the countries' de facto border in the Himalayas late Monday, the Indian army said in a statement. The incident occurred during a "deescalation process" underway in the Galwan Valley in the disputed Aksai Chin-Ladakh area, where a large troop build up has reportedly been taking place for weeks now on both sides of the border, before senior military commanders began talks earlier this month.

  • China Strengthens its Presence in Gulf Renewable Energy

    The global economic slowdown presents Chinese entities with a cost-effective opportunity to strengthen their commercial presence in the region’s renewable energy market and other strategic sectors related to critical infrastructure.