The China-MENA Newsletter
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New piece from Calabrese, China-Arab dialogue in Beijing, Fu Cong on Palestine at UN, Chinese language on road signs in Jordan
China: From Access to Exposure - by John Calabrese for Middle East Institute. I’ve said it on lots of different platforms before, but it always bears repeating - John Calabrese is someone you should be following. When I was starting to read for my disstertation there were a handful of books on China-Middle East relations, and with a couple of exceptions the authors weren’t active in the field anymore.
New piece from Ghiselli, Chinese support for Iran in WSJ, more Chinese engagement in the Gulf, Jordanian delegation leaves PRC, Chinese archeologists in Egypt
A bit of a quick one - there’s no real thread bringing these together, but there’s a fair bit of interesting stuff in here that I thought I’d share.
Saudi leaves the mBridge CBDC program, Aridge flying taxis in Ras al Khaimah, PRC-Kuwait cultural event, Chinese delegation in Egypt and Egyptian delegation in China
Saudi Arabia quits China-led cross-border currency platform - Financial Times. This is an interesting/weird story. In June 2024 Saudi Arabia joined the UAE, Thailand and Hong Kong as partners with China on its mBridge CBDC project.
Yan Xuetong op-ed, Saudi-PRC ballistic missiles
Leading off with an op-ed by Yan Xuetong, a heavyweight in Chinese international relations, who published an Arabic language piece in Al Jazeera this week.