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PhoenixRising
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posted February 27, 2022 01:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for PhoenixRising     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
China is expanding its ties to Middle Eastern states with vast infrastructure investments and cooperation on technology and security.


In January alone, five senior officials from oil-rich Arab monarchies visited China to discuss cooperation on energy and infrastructure. Turkey’s top diplomat flew in to talk about opportunities for economic collaboration, and Iran’s foreign minister pressed for progress on $400 billion of investment that China has promised his country.

As the United States, fatigued by decades of war and upheaval in the Middle East, seeks to limit its involvement there, China is deepening its ties with both friends and foes of Washington across the region.

China is nowhere near rivaling the United States’ vast involvement in the Middle East. But states there are increasingly looking to China not just to buy their oil, but to invest in their infrastructure and cooperate on technology and security, a trend that could accelerate as the United States pulls back.

For Beijing, the recent turmoil in neighboring countries like Afghanistan and Kazakhstan has reinforced its desire to cultivate stable ties in the region. The outreach follows the American military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years, as well as the official end of its combat mission in Iraq. That, along with the Biden administration’s frequent talk of China as its top national security priority, has left many of its partners in the Middle East believing that Washington’s attention lies elsewhere.

http://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/01/world/middleeast/china-middle-east.html

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posted February 27, 2022 01:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for PhoenixRising     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The idea of a western dominance seems to be dying down. The west when it becomes intellectual can fall in to a trap, thinking others thinks like them.

Some in America especially the right wingers and conservatives believe that America is sobering especially even more under Biden.


China is a growing leader and beating America in all fronts. The US congress is passing several bills favoring competing with China.

China, will always do what is right for its people and not what rights for the world.

Lets see if it invades Taiwan emboldened by Russia's entry into Ukraine.

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posted February 27, 2022 03:58 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Randall     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It’s fine for China to do what is right for its people, but America First is bad? And China commits all manner of atrocities against its people.

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