China and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries : strategic partnership in a changing world / Muhamad S. Olimat.

Author
Olimat, Muhamad [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]
  • ©2016
Description
xv, 267 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    [This book] examines China's relations with member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). It highlights the depth of China's ties with the region bilaterally and multilaterally on a five-dimensional approach: political relations, trade relations, energy security, security cooperation, and cultural relations. Regarding each of these criteria, the GCC countries enjoy a strategic significance to China's national security, vital interests, territorial integrity, sovereignty, regime survival, and economic prosperity. China has been an integral part of the political developments on the Arabian Gulf scene since the 1950s. Their bilateral ties have grown steadily since the Economic REform Era, culminating in strategic partnership two decades later. China and its Arab Gulf partners have embarked on an ambitious economic cooperation that includes joint ventures in oil upstreaming and downstreaming, mammoth highway and railroad projects, construction projects, and, above all, strategic security coordination in reference to security threats. Both sides are also engaged in a process of revival of the Silk Road within the Belt and the Road framework. Sino-Gulf bilateral trade relations reached $159,419.20 billion in 2014. The two sides aim to increase it to $600 billion by 2020, a goal within reach given the fact that they are concluding the China-GCC Free Trade Agreement, which will transform their bilateral ties. -- Back cover.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-259) and index.
    Contents
    • China and the Arab Gulf countries : an overview
    • Multilateralism : a five dimensional appraoch
    • Rivalry, competition, and accommodation : a tridemsional approach
    • China and Bahrain
    • China and Kuwait
    • China and Oman
    • China and Qatar
    • China and Saudi Arabia
    • China and the United Arab Emirates
    • China and the Arab Gulf countries : prospects and conclusions.
    ISBN
    • 9781498545020 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 1498545025 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 9781498545044
    • 1498545041
    LCCN
    2016950706
    OCLC
    953423838
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