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  • Iran
    UK, China Experts In Iran To Redesign, ‘Upgrade’ Arak Reactor

    British and Chinese nuclear delegations are visiting Iran to discuss the redesigning and upgrading of the country's heavy water reactor in Arak, Central Province, semi-official news agency ISNA reported on Monday, October 14.

  • Foreign Aid
    Millions in Foreign Aid to China, Iraq, and More In Jeopardy Under Trump Administration

    Congress won’t let Trump gut foreign assistance. So the administration made it harder to disburse funds, leaving aid programs in China, Iraq, and elsewhere in the lurch.

  • Technology
    Saudi Arabia Is Racing to Become a High-Tech Hub, and China Is Ready to Join In

    In contrast to its Gulf Arab neighbors, namely the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, which have poured substantial political capital into developing local artificial intelligence (AI) and financial technology industries, Saudi Arabia’s own digital transformation lags behind. In part, that is because the feat is more challenging in Saudi Arabia, which contains more residents than the combined populations of all of its fellow Gulf Cooperation Council states and is the largest country by area in the Middle East. Beyond that, it may be slower to move because digital transformation can disrupt long-standing institutions and norms associated with data access and availability, data sovereignty, and labor markets.

  • China in the Region
    China Pulls Out of Giant Iranian Gas Project

    The exit by Beijing—which had vowed to resist U.S. restrictions on Iran—is a blow to Tehran’s attempts to fight growing economic isolation and comes after Washington brought new sanctions on Chinese companies still trading with Iran.

  • China in the Region
    Commentary: Why Iran has got China wrong: Beijing will follow its own playbook in countering the US-led West

    From China’s perspective, however, this is all reflective of the fact that everyone appears to want to show that Beijing is on their side. In each of these situations, the regional players have all sought to bring China into the conversation and show that Beijing is backing them.

  • Saudi-China
    Saudi Arabia Maintains Position as China’s Largest Oil Supplier in August

    China said days after the Sept. 14 attack on Saudi oil facilities that knocked out half the output of the world’s top oil exporter that the nation’s crude reserves, including stocks held at strategic petroleum storage sites and commercial inventories, are sufficient to cover 80 days of imports, just short of a 90-day target.

  • Saudi Oil Exports
    Saudi retains top spot for China crude imports in Aug; Iran sales plunge

    Saudi oil arrivals in August in China, the world’s biggest oil importer, reached 7.79 million tonnes, or 1.83 million barrels per day (bpd), data from the General Administration of Customs showed, compared with 6.99 million tonnes in July and nearly double the 4.134 million tonnes level a year earlier.

  • China in the Region
    Analysis: No, China Isn’t Giving Iran $400 Billion

    China and Iran signed a comprehensive strategic partnership, the highest level in the hierarchy of Beijing’s partnership diplomacy, in 2016.

  • China in the Region
    Iran reinforces partnership with China for economic relief

    But according to news reports, the first investments will take place in the initial five years, with $280 billion being pumped into the Iranian petrochemicals sectors and $120 billion into revamping transportation and manufacturing infrastructure. China is to increase its imports of Iranian oil, which will be available at discounted rates, and it will also help to develop Iran’s Chabahar port.

  • China in the Region
    Commentary: China’s Great Game in Iran

    There is no doubt that Beijing sees Iran as prime real estate in Western Asia.There is no doubt that Beijing sees Iran as prime real estate in Western Asia. It is a country with first-rate natural resources, plenty of human capital, and a hungry and relatively untapped market.