China in the Gulf: Tried Its Best, You Know the Rest

... Chinese leader urged to prepare not for “bad weather” but for a “storm.” For this purpose, the risks for the Chinese economy, the source of which is in the Middle East, should have been minimized, because confrontation with the U.S. looks highly ... ... the level of strategic (i.e. military and infrastructural) ties with China. Thus, he sets aside the so-called “gamblers” (Saudi Arabia and the UAE); “fence-sitters” (Qatar and Oman); and “cautious conservatives” (Kuwait and Bahrain). The former are fostering relations ...