The new silk road :

Simpfendorfer, Ben.

The new silk road : how a rising Arab world is turning away from the West and rediscovering China / Ben Simpfendorfer. - Rev. and updated. - Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - 202 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Machine generated contents note: -- 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.

"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"--

9780230284852 (pbk.) 023028485X (pbk.)

2011004162


Corporations, Chinese--Arab countries.


Arab countries--Foreign economic relations--China.
China--Foreign economic relations--Arab countries.
Arab countries--Commerce--China.
China--Commerce--Arab countries.

HF3762.Z7 / C675 2011

337.51017/4927