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Chinese investment in the Middle East
![China Expands Its Oil Ties in Iraq China Expands Its Oil Ties in Iraq](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-06-04-134707.jpg)
China Expands Its Oil Ties in Iraq
By Sercan Çalışkan
China’s dominance in Iraq’s energy sector creates political interdependence between the two countries.
![Beyond Oil: A New Phase in China-Middle East Engagement Beyond Oil: A New Phase in China-Middle East Engagement](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-12-12-150957.png)
Beyond Oil: A New Phase in China-Middle East Engagement
By Nurettin Akcay
Yes, the oil trade is a major factor. But China’s eagerness to also invest in technology, renewable energy, and infrastructure is driving the next phase of cooperation.
![The Gulf States in China-US Rivalry The Gulf States in China-US Rivalry](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-03-03-6.jpg)
The Gulf States in China-US Rivalry
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Jonathan Fulton.
![China’s Digital Silk Road Grows With 5G in the Middle East China’s Digital Silk Road Grows With 5G in the Middle East](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-12-15-12.jpg)
China’s Digital Silk Road Grows With 5G in the Middle East
By Sophie Zinser
Huawei and other Chinese firms continue to make rapid inroads among Gulf countries – despite the United States’ efforts.
![Lebanon Looks to China as US, Arabs Refuse to Help in Crisis Lebanon Looks to China as US, Arabs Refuse to Help in Crisis](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-07-15-9.jpg)
Lebanon Looks to China as US, Arabs Refuse to Help in Crisis
By Associated Press
Struggling with an economic catastrophe, Lebanon is the latest country to be caught up U.S.-China tensions.
![Economic Exchange Anchors China-Arab Ties Economic Exchange Anchors China-Arab Ties](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18191200032054.jpg)
Economic Exchange Anchors China-Arab Ties
By Eleanor Albert
The China-Arab States Expo spotlights the growing economic relationship between China and the Middle East.
![China, Israel, and the Geopolitics of Seaports China, Israel, and the Geopolitics of Seaports](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-haifa_port_2069555967.jpg)
China, Israel, and the Geopolitics of Seaports
By Altay Atlı
What could the Chinese investment in the Israeli port of Haifa mean for regional geopolitics in the Middle East?
![Can China Remake Its Image in the Middle East? Can China Remake Its Image in the Middle East?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18191262941683.jpg)
Can China Remake Its Image in the Middle East?
By Nicholas Lyall
Amid the staples of trade and investment, energy, and the BRI, China is exploring a new paradigm of relations with the region.
![China in the Middle East: Past, Present, and Future China in the Middle East: Past, Present, and Future](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_18191200737798.jpg)
China in the Middle East: Past, Present, and Future
By Nicholas Lyall
Tracing the recent history and trajectory of China’s presence in the Middle East.
![China and Israel in the Belt and Road Initiative China and Israel in the Belt and Road Initiative](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-prime_minister_netanyahu_22674245217_cropped-02.jpg)
China and Israel in the Belt and Road Initiative
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Roi Feder.
![China and the Middle East: Israel’s Strategic Stakes China and the Middle East: Israel’s Strategic Stakes](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_110203021990.jpg)
China and the Middle East: Israel’s Strategic Stakes
By Mercy A. Kuo
Insights from Sam Chester.
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