(English) CTP Podcast – China’s Middle East Balancing Act
Following up on Eric's earlier post, we dove into our various hypotheses on what drives China's Middle East policies (which obviously is oil) and discussed a few future scenarios that explore how China will manage its relationships across this unstable, yet highly important, region.
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Key Issues:
- China's balancing of its relationship with Isreal and other countries
- China's management of its internal Muslim population
- China's reaction to nationalist cries to protect overseas workers
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