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China and the Middle East since Tiananmen

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  • YITZHAK SHICHOR

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By the late 1980s, the Middle East had become a solid base of operations for China's foreign policy in political, economic, and military terms. Put to the test of the Tiananmen massacre, the reliability of this base remained unshaken while China was trying to break through the Western-imposed isolation, paving the way for an eventual international rehabilitation. This was made possible following Iraq's violent annexation of Kuwait. China used the Persian Gulf crisis to restore its position as a great power whose cooperation is essential for settling outstanding regional problems all over the world. Consequently, China's strained relations with the West in general and the United States in particular have been gradually improving. At the same time, by insisting on a peaceful solution to the crisis, China has managed to maintain its image as the true representative of the Third World, having easy access to all parties concerned, friends and foes alike.

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  • Yitzhak Shichor, 1992. "China and the Middle East since Tiananmen," The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, , vol. 519(1), pages 86-100, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:anname:v:519:y:1992:i:1:p:86-100
    DOI: 10.1177/0002716292519001007
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