Post-Assad Syria: What It Means for China | Geopolitical Monitor
23 hours ago · Syria’s exports to China in 2022 totaled merely $2 million USD, with the main commodities being vegetable goods, soaps, soap-related products (e.g., cleansers, candles, etc.), and olive oil. Beijing never saw these imports as crucial. Syria has never been a leading producer or power; in 2010, it contributed just 0.5% of the world’s total ...
Why China’s Bet In Syria Has Failed, What Are Beijing’s ... - News18
1 day ago · China was the only sixth visited country by Assad since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011. Some say Xi Jinping’s red-carpet welcome to Assad and the signing of a “strategic partnership" agreement between the two countries was how “imperial" Beijing rewarded “loyal" Damascus for formally joining the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) earlier in 2022.
Al-Assad’s fall in Syria: What’s at stake for China?
Dec 11, 2024 · China’s aid to Syria jumped 100 times from roughly $500,000 in 2016 to $54m in 2017, according to COAR reports. In October 2018, China donated 800 electrical power generators to Latakia, Syria ...
What the fall of the Assad regime really means for China
5 days ago · Syria’s civil war further complicated Beijing’s response to the Arab Spring. Thousands of Uyghurs, a Turkic-speaking Muslim minority from western China—mostly from Xinjiang—traveled to Syria to fight alongside al-Qaeda against the Syrian government. For the CCP, the prospect of rebels fighting in Syria and then returning home was especially troublesome.
Syria Is Not One of China’s Strategic Priorities – The Diplomat
4 days ago · Yet since then China-Syria bilateral trade has plummeted at an annualized rate of 22.49 percent, dropping from $1.27 billion in 2018 to $356 million in 2023. ...
China advocates peace, stability in Syria - Chinadaily.com.cn
5 days ago · Geng reiterated that China has long pursued a policy of friendship and cooperation with Syria, not interfering in Syria's internal affairs, and respecting the choice of the Syrian people. Voicing his sincere expectation that Syria will achieve peace and restore stability as soon as possible, Geng said China is "ready to play a constructive role ...
China–Syria relations - Wikipedia
China–Syria relations are foreign relations between China and Syria. The nationalist government of China recognized Syria in 1946. Diplomatic relations between both countries were established on August 1, 1956.
China has cause to be terrified of rebel-run Syria - Asia Times
Dec 13, 2024 · A coalition of Syrian rebel groups spearheaded by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has taken Syria’s capital of Damascus by storm, driving President Bashar al-Assad into exile and opening a new uncertain future in the war-torn nation. Despite China’s distance from the conflict’s epicenter, the rebel takeover should be setting off alarms in Beijing.
How China Could Emerge as an Unexpected Beneficiary From …
Dec 12, 2024 · By March 2023, China successfully brokered a deal ending the diplomatic isolation between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Despite the resumption of diplomatic relations, several obstacles remain.
Assad's fall in Syria exposes limits of China's Middle East …
Dec 10, 2024 · The response by China's foreign ministry to Assad's fall has been muted, focusing on the safety of Chinese nationals and calling for a "political solution" to restore stability in Syria as...