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China’s Middle East billions still woefully reliant on US gunboats

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China’s Middle East billions still woefully reliant on US gunboats
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China has staked roughly US$145 billion in investments and construction contracts across the Middle East, while Iranian oil alone accounts for 13–14% of its imports. Yet Beijing maintains no permanent military presence in the volatile region, with its only overseas base in Djibouti, thousands of miles away. The result is a structural mismatch at the […]
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