TY - BOOK AU - Simpfendorfer,Ben TI - The new silk road: how a rising Arab world is turning away from the West and rediscovering China SN - 9780230284852 (pbk.) : AV - HF3762.Z7 C675 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Corporations, Chinese KW - Arab countries KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General KW - bisacsh KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Foreign Exchange KW - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / Financial KW - Foreign economic relations KW - China KW - Commerce N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- ER -