how a rising Arab world is turning away from the West and rediscovering China /
Ben Simpfendorfer
Rev. and updated
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2011
1105
202 p. ;
24 cm
Includes index
Machine generated contents note: -- Revised Introduction and Preface -- The New Silk Road: The Arab World Rediscovers China -- Chinese Petrodollars and the Competition for Oil -- The Arab Wealth Funds and the Rise of an 'Islamic Corridor' -- Syria Learns From China while the Chinese 'Go Global' -- Arabic and the Language of Globalization -- Young Women and the Future of the Arab World -- The New Public Relations War: 'Al Jazeera' in China -- Implications for the West: A New Center of Gravity
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"The rise of the Arab world and China are part of the same story, once trading partners via the Silk Road. This is a fully revised and updated account of how China is spurring growth in the Arab world, taking into account new developments that have taken place since the first edition"--