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The new silk road : how a rising Arab world is turning away from the West and rediscovering China / Ben Simpfendorfer.

By: Publication details: Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Edition: Rev. and updatedDescription: v, 202 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780230284852 (pbk.) :
  • 023028485X (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HF3762.Z7 C675 2011
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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"-- Provided by publisher.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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