China’s presence in the Middle East has grown beyond its economic footprint. In March, Beijing helped to broker a peace deal between arch rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran, whose relations had been fractured since 2016. Before the peace deal, Beijing held its first summit with the Arab League in late 2022.
Beijing’s actions are regarded as signs that it intends to compete with Washington for influence in the Middle East, and China’s support for Arab states in the conflict will have a positive effect on China’s influence in the Middle East, according to Yan.
“China’s relations with Arab countries have been steadily enhanced for years. The positions of the two stakeholders on major international issues have been converging, mutually supportive and consistent,” he said.
Israel-Gaza war: China’s peacemaker role is tested in US-dominated Mideast
- Beijing intends to use ‘the new crisis as leverage’ to compete for more influence in the Mideast: analyst
- China’s growing alignment with Arab nations puts its credibility as a neutral peace broker ‘under strain’, experts say
Israel-Gaza war: China’s peacemaker role is tested in US-dominated Mideast
- Beijing intends to use ‘the new crisis as leverage’ to compete for more influence in the Mideast: analyst
- China’s growing alignment with Arab nations puts its credibility as a neutral peace broker ‘under strain’, experts say
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But he says he and many others find it ‘absolutely unacceptable and outrageous’ that several US lawmakers are pushing for sanctions against officials.
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If Washington is serious about human rights, and not in it for just cheap propaganda, there are other places with huge numbers of cases worthy of its attention.
Harry’s View | 10 Nov 2023
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With both focused on military AI integration and unwilling to mutually engage, the task of bringing the international community together might have to rest with others.
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Harry’s View | 10 Nov 2023
