The Far East Meets the Middle: Examining China’s Growing Influence in the Middle East

In this installment of “Countering Chinese Communist Party Influence Around the World,” leading experts discuss China’s growing influence in the Middle East. Vandenberg Coalition Executive Director Carrie Filipetti speaks with Associate Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College Dr. Dawn Murphy, Managing Director and Lane-Swig Senior Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Michael Singh, and Craig Singleton, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies to discuss China’s growing influence in the Middle East.

In this series, the Vandenberg Coalition shifts the focus beyond the Indo-Pacific and into various regions around the world where the Chinese Communist Party continues to threaten American interests. Each episode in the series discusses China’s growing influence in a given region, how it measures against American influence, how to define our relationship with the region in light of competing priorities, and what America can and should be doing to better protect and advance our national interests.

00:00:00 Opening by TVC Executive Director Carrie Filipetti
00:01:36 China’s response to Hamas’ attacks & the ensuing war in Gaza
00:05:59 China’s strategic loss of Israel after October 7th
00:08:17 CCP objectives for regional influence & supplanting U.S. role in the Middle East
00:15:20 Future of the Israeli-China relationship
00:20:18 Discrepancy between internal & external CCP statements
00:23:55 America’s evolving strategic role in the Middle East
00:28:20 China’s perspective on the Abraham Accords & eroding leverage over Iran
00:36:24 Tripartite dynamic between Russia, China, & Iran
00:45:10 CCP amplification of antisemitism via TikTok
00:50:15 False binary between the United States & China
00:55:54 U.S. Chinese competition in the Middle East
01:00:55 Closing by TVC Executive Director Carrie Filipetti

[thomasrogers]

America is still stuck in the past fighting ideological wars. The world has moved on to trade and economic development not foolish obsession with empty ideology that does not put food on the table.

[vanveakrin]

Chinese has built hospitals and schools in IRAQ in exchange for Iraqi Oil well concessions ... Chinese is looking to rebuild the Iraqi Rail system.. and electric power plants..

[vanveakrin]

Myanmar is important for the American interests. . So Myanmar is on Fire 🔥🔥 ..

[vanveakrin]

The CPC can wait and to negotiate with the KMT in Taiwan.. the CPC is unwilling to negotiate and wait for the DPP in Taiwan.. this is the Major DIFFERENCE between THE DPP and THE KMT in Taiwan..

[vanveakrin]

Hamas missile tubes were made in Chinese steel factories, in eastern Chinese steel refineries...

[vanveakrin]

Chinese support Egypt and Algeria in North Africa.. even though USA pays the Egyptian military annually to keep The Egyptian quiet... Chinese is in The Guinea and Mali and Burkina Faso for oil .. Chinese has supplied APC to Guinea military for delivery to MALI.

[vanveakrin]

The Mumbai underground train iin India is now using second hand Chinese underground rail carriages under Indian private Investments and Indian private management with Chinese technicians helping to run the Mumbai under ground transport .

[vanveakrin]

Chinese doesn't have to directly give weapon technologies to Iran .. Chinese tells Kim in North Korea to give weapon technologies to Iran ..

[vanveakrin]

UAE prefers to stick to Hua Wei 5 G and to co - operate with Chinese Air force in XIN JIANG...

[vanveakrin]

Turkiye is Central Asia . and Ukraine can be considered as a part of Central Asia..

[vanveakrin]

The Israeli military intelligence and Israeli radar equipments moved into South Hymmalaya mountain side with the Indian army .. that changed everything between Israel and China..

[vanveakrin]

Chinese is preparing to build a New Rail line from the Syrian port of Latakia to Iraq for connection to Iran ... Chinese will build repair Syrian Airport and build new School and Hospitals in Syria.... the UAE is still sticking to use Hua Wei 5 G ... together with The Saudi who is preferring to use HUA WEI and Beidou 🛰️🛰️ Satellites

[vanveakrin]

Chinese is preparing to build a New Rail line for the Syrian port LATAKIA to IRAQ

[vanveakrin]

India supports Morocco in North West Africa

[vanveakrin]

HAMAS leaders living in Qatar have Chinese wives living in Qatar..

[vanveakrin]

The Vietnamese are laughing at Joe ' s visit to Vietnam... giving so little coming so late.. when president came to Vietnam with an offer of a Cargo Rail line for Vietnamese Rare Earth ores exports... typical Joe looking down on the Poor Vietcong and still wants to use The Vietnamese Cam Ranh Bay ..