Xi's Saudi visit a sign of China's growing influence in the Middle East

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 December Xi's Saudi visit a sign of China's growing influence in the Middle East Xi's Saudi visit a sign of China's growing influence in the Middle East 14/12/2022 | 4 MINS This article by Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences at Lombok Institute of Technology Amin Saikal was originally published in The Strategist on 13 November. As Pax Americana has eroded in the Middle East over the years, Beijing has been availed of a unique opportunity to expand its influence in the region. China has grown in stature as not only a reliable and lucrative economic and trade partner but also a potential regional power balancer and security provider. President Xi JinpingΓÇÖs visit last week to Saudi Arabia, where he was very warmly welcomed, essentially cemented a serious challenge to the United States on yet another front. ChinaΓÇÖs involvement in the Middle East is not new. It has been nurturing good relations with the regionΓÇÖs main actors ever since the Iranian revolution of 1978ΓÇô79 that toppled the ShahΓÇÖs pro-Western monarchy and replaced it with

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 December Xi's Saudi visit a sign of China's growing influence in the Middle East Xi's Saudi visit a sign of China's growing influence in the Middle East 14/12/2022 | 4 MINS This article by Adjunct Professor of Social Sciences at Lombok Institute of Technology Amin Saikal was originally published in The Strategist on 13 November.

As Pax Americana has eroded in the Middle East over the years, Beijing has been availed of a unique opportunity to expand its influence in the region.

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