Amid the Iran panic, one of China’s key partners in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates, has been overlooked.
State-owned Chinese and Emirati businesses have reached multi-billion dollar deals in energy and infrastructure. Credit: ADNOC
In March, the West sounded the alarm over China’s $400 billion deal with Iran, worrying that the United States was losing influence in the region to China. But observers have largely overlooked China’s deepening relationship with the United Arab Emirates.
The United Arab Emirates and China have close ties that reach beyond a mutually beneficial economic relationship. China is the Emirates’ biggest trading partner. Their shared finances include a series of 2018 agreements, as well as a $
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