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Comment on Ex-Egyptian Ambassador to China offers up a harsh critique of Egypt by China isn’t the only game in town. Egypt is catching attention.

China isn’t the only game in town. Egypt is catching attention. — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:40:52 +0000

[...] at Egypt for similar reasons, as I wrote in this blog, although not all are convinced to read what a former Egyptian Ambassador to China has to say. Print This Post Email This Post Permalink | Trackback URL | var [...]

Comment on Haixin hopes to keep Egypt, and its neighbors, cool by China isn’t the only game in town. Egypt is catching attention.

China isn’t the only game in town. Egypt is catching attention. — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 02:40:29 +0000

[...] Chinese are also starting to look at Egypt for similar reasons, as I wrote in this blog, although not all are convinced to read what a former Egyptian Ambassador to China has to say. [...]

Comment on Algeria finally cracks down on foreign workers by China’s relations with Algeria catches attention

China’s relations with Algeria catches attention — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:33:24 +0000

[...] appear to have been efforts to tighten restrictions since, as I’ve written earlier in this post. This second article by the Associated Press covers similar ground. Print This Post [...]

Comment on Ex-Egyptian Ambassador to China offers up a harsh critique of Egypt by Premier Wen goes to Cairo, and talks of mosques and Halal food

Premier Wen goes to Cairo, and talks of mosques and Halal food — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:43:15 +0000

[...] between China and Egypt. But I’ll have more to say on this tomorrow, as I’ve found a harsh critique, written by an ex-Egyptian ambassador to China, of his country’s commercial relations with [...]

Comment on Sun Bigan’s unavoidable clashes comment by China’s Plan B

China’s Plan B — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:56:23 +0000

[...] adopt the Japanese-approach entirely. China’s former special envoy to the Middle East, Sun Bigan, recently wrote of unavoidable conflicts between China and the United States in the Middle East. “China must not [...]

Comment on Made-in-China keffiyahs cause problems for the West Bank by China’s Plan B

China’s Plan B — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:55:58 +0000

[...] manufacturing countries such as Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. One Palestinian lingerie maker was recently reported as saying, “Chinese exporters are like a volcano consuming everything in its [...]

Comment on A quick lesson in China’s relations with Iran by ben

ben — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:32:56 +0000

Fair point. And the threats from extremist groups in North Africa, etc, have also been issued by mainly Sunni militants.

Comment on A quick lesson in China’s relations with Iran by Yair Wallach

Yair Wallach — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:22:55 +0000

The interesting thing is that Chinese Muslims (whether Uigur or Hui) are overwhelmingly sunni, so that Iran’s influence on them would be limited.

Comment on Iran, China and a NYT editorial by China’s Riyadh and Tehran challenge

China’s Riyadh and Tehran challenge — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 08:32:13 +0000

[...] earlier referred to a proposal by the Obama administration for Saudi Arabia to increase its oil exports to China in [...]

Comment on Robert Fisk, oil, and the dollar by Yair Wallach

Yair Wallach — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:22:09 +0000

I agree. The Gulf states did not abandon the peg in 2008 despite considerable inflationary pressures that the falling dollar entail. They are similarly unlikely to abandon it now. People writing about the “dollar demise” usually do not understand how much the dollar is the cornerstone of the global economy as we know it. The transition would be gradual, decades-long. And it is unlikely as long as we are still in the woods of this economic crisis.