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China’s Expanding Middle East Footprint: Key Trends for 2025

China’s engagement in the Middle East has grown significantly in recent years, driven by its quest for energy security, global influence, and economic connectivity through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). By 2025, three key trends are likely to shape Beijing’s approach to the region, highlighting both ...

China Reconfirms Support for Iran-Saudi Ties, Gaza Ceasefire in Riyadh Talks

Officials from China, Saudi Arabia and Iran called for “an immediate end” to Israeli military operations in Palestinian territories and Lebanon. They convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the second meeting of the China-Saudi Arabia-Iran tripartite committee set up to implement ...

Gauging the Impact of a Second Trump Presidency on U.S.-China Relations in the Middle East

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has already indicated that the Middle East is going to be a central focus of his second term's foreign policy. He's already named Elise Stefanik, a fiercely pro-Israel lawmaker, to be his ambassador at the United Nations ...

How Persian Gulf Countries Are Responding to the U.S.-China Rivalry

For much of the past thirty years, since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been largely unrivaled in its power in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. Today, that is no longer the case as the ...

China’s Police State Goes Global at Surveillance Conference

By Isabel Kua High-tech CCTV, super-accurate DNA-testing technology and facial tracking software: China is promoting its state-of-the-art surveillance and policing tactics abroad. Delegates from law enforcement across the world descended this week on a port city ...

Chinese PM Meets Saudi Crown Prince During Riyadh Visit

Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Salman met on Wednesday with visiting Chinese Premier Li Qiang to discuss bilateral ties, Saudi state media said. Riyadh was Li's first stop in a regional Gulf trip that will also ...

Chinese Prime Minister Arrives in Saudi Arabia

Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang arrived in Riyadh on Tuesday, Saudi state media reported. This is the first leg of a regional Gulf trip that will also take him to the UAE. Li "arrived in Riyadh to participate in the fourth ...

Saudi Looks to Team Up With China to Build EV Supply Chain, From Metals to Manufacturing

Saudi Arabia's Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Ibrahim Alkhorayef arrived in Guangzhou last week, a midway stop in an Asian tour that he hopes will help the Kingdom to become a major player in the burgeoning electric vehicle industry. ...

China Says Premier Li Qiang to Visit Saudi, UAE This Week

Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates this week, Beijing's foreign ministry said Monday. "From September 10 to 13, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council will travel to Saudi Arabia to chair the Fourth ...

Could the Yuan Replace the Dollar in Saudi Arabia’s Oil Sales to China? Probably Not, But it’s Possible, Says S&P

It wasn't that long ago it would be inconceivable to suggest that Saudi Arabia would switch from the U.S. dollar to the Chinese yuan to settle oil transactions with Chinese buyers. While most analysts say that day is still a long way's off, it's not as far ...

In Fuel-Guzzling Saudi Arabia, Chinese Electric Cars Pique Interest

By Haitham El-Tabei For Hamed al-Rafidain, a Saudi human resources worker, an electric vehicle offers welcome savings, especially since his other car is a fuel-guzzling four-wheel drive favored by motorists in the desert kingdom. The ...

New Chinese Trade Data Reveals Growing Importance of Global South Amid Mounting Tensions With U.S., EU

China registered a record $99 billion trade surplus in June, adding to concerns that Beijing is leaning on exports to try and pull itself out of an economic slump. While the flood of low-cost Chinese-made products is good news for consumers, ...
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