China’s Rising Influence in the Middle East
China in the World
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The Middle East's Role in US-China Competition
Benjamin: China is perceived in a much more, I guess, one thing to note is that China has less baggage, historical baggage in the Middle East. So not having that historical baggage provides China with some form of a clean slate, so to speak, and to navigate. He says if you want to deepen a relationship, then at some point, you're going to start hatching on some of these hot potato issues. And I don't think we've reached that stage yet, if we ever reached yet, but that's definitely remains to be seen.
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