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		<title>Future Chinese-US conflict over Middle East?</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/10/31/future-chinese-us-conflict-over-middle-east/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Usually I find myself firmly on the more passive side of are China evil/viciously expanding their Navy/a mortal threat to the future of America. I firmly believe that China are simply expanding their Navy &#8211; if and when they do &#8211; in the remit of their own state interests and not as some hegemonic power-play. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&amp;blog=2536663&amp;post=1436&amp;subd=thesinosaudiblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China-GCC Free Trade Agreement?</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/09/22/china-gcc-free-trade-agreement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China&#8217;s integration into Middle East&#8217;s markets continues apace. Plans have been announced to form a free-trade zone between the GCC and China. According to Qatar&#8217;s daily newspaper, The Peninsula, the first round of talks were held in Riyadh and were successful. Key to the GCC&#8217;s thoughts are the removal of custom tariffs. As for China, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&amp;blog=2536663&amp;post=1155&amp;subd=thesinosaudiblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China &amp; the Middle East: An Unfolding Courtship</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/09/16/china-the-middle-east-an-unfolding-courtship/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/09/16/china-the-middle-east-an-unfolding-courtship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is something that was published sometime ago. Yet, it is only now that I have found a suitable (but still not perfect) way of uploading it here. Use the arrow pointing downwards on the right to make it larger or click the &#8216;full screen&#8217; button (the one furthest to the right) to have a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&amp;blog=2536663&amp;post=1109&amp;subd=thesinosaudiblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another Chinese-Iranian faux pas</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/09/15/another-chinese-iranian-faux-pas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:38:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following not long after a Chinese company exported Jaffa Oranges (i.e. Israeli) to Iran leading to a predictable kerfuffle involving strenuous statements, angry rhetoric, various denouncings and a few sackings, now it transpires that some enterprising Chinese exporter has exported jeans to Iran with &#8216;بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم&#8216; (&#8220;In the name of God, the compassionate, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&amp;blog=2536663&amp;post=1087&amp;subd=thesinosaudiblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China No.1 exporter to the ME</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/09/07/china-no-1-exporter-to-the-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a quick note of an interesting article in &#8211; of all places &#8211; the Torygraph, by the author of the New Silk Road Blog. It highlights the trend of China&#8217;s ever growing exports to the Middle East to the tune that they are now the number one exporter to the Middle East at $60bn [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&amp;blog=2536663&amp;post=1009&amp;subd=thesinosaudiblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China increases ties with Saudi Arabia</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/07/27/china-increases-ties-with-saudi-arabia/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/07/27/china-increases-ties-with-saudi-arabia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Chinese company has been selected to build 200 new schools in Saudi Arabia that when completed will accommodate 153,000 students. &#8230; Relations between China &#8211; the world’s second largest oil importer, and Saudi Arabia &#8211; the worlds top oil producer, are concentrated mainly on energy cooperation but China hopes to be able to increase [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&amp;blog=2536663&amp;post=976&amp;subd=thesinosaudiblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Article catch up</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/05/29/article-catch-up-5/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/05/29/article-catch-up-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 12:26:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[- Interestingly, it is being suggested that Turkey might be acting as an intermediary for America in persuading Kyrgyzstan to retain their US base. - MEI blog and Marc Lynch on Obama scheduling a visit to Riyadh just before he gives his much-hyped speech in Cairo. - Commentary on Bahrain&#8217;s new proposals to augment migrant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&amp;blog=2536663&amp;post=791&amp;subd=thesinosaudiblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s string of pearls</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/05/07/chinas-string-of-pearls/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2009/05/07/chinas-string-of-pearls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 12:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This (somewhat amateurish) map shows China&#8217;s string of pearls. This refers to ports that China has invested in to refurbish and use at their discretion. Those of a more alarmist nature see these moves akin to the establishment of Chinese naval bases by stealth. The map below highlights the reasoning behind these moves. China&#8217;s desire [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&amp;blog=2536663&amp;post=646&amp;subd=thesinosaudiblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Chinese military base in Iran?</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2008/01/28/a-chinese-military-base-in-iran/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2008/01/28/a-chinese-military-base-in-iran/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 21:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After France&#8217;s move to secure a military base in the UAE looking out at the Straits of Hormuz last week, it is no surprise that the Iranians are feeling yet more hemmed it. Kaveh L Afrasiabi , an Iranian expert has suggested that it might not be too long before Iran seek a Chinese base [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&amp;blog=2536663&amp;post=39&amp;subd=thesinosaudiblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>China and the Middle East &#8211; made for each other</title>
		<link>http://thegulfblog.com/2008/01/27/china-and-the-middle-east-made-for-each-other/</link>
		<comments>http://thegulfblog.com/2008/01/27/china-and-the-middle-east-made-for-each-other/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jan 2008 15:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everyone wants a piece of the Middle East at the moment. Israel, unfortunately, takes this quite literally and seems intent on forever expanding its borders with uncomfortable overtones of lebensraum. American companies have, for the most part, been falling over themselves to find GCC cash to bail themselves out of their various woes. The list [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegulfblog.com&amp;blog=2536663&amp;post=35&amp;subd=thesinosaudiblog&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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