Middle East

Where it counts, Taipei and autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan share more similarities than differences.

The threat of US sanctions on Iran leaves a void that Chinese firms will be only to eager to fill.

The Middle East needs China to buy its oil, but the PRC is starting to realize and wield its economic power.

The visits combined with other diplomatic activities reflect the fact that China’s engagement with the Middle East has been growing steadily in recent years.

Although China doesn’t have laws recognizing refugees, savvy businesspeople from Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Libya have found a new home in Yiwu.

Rather than a regional trade agreement, China’s Belt and Road strategy is an extension of Beijing’s economic policy in foreign lands, Tristan Kenderdine writes.

If cruise missiles may bring chaos in the Middle East, they are delivering peace in East Asia. The Trump administration’s decision to strike the Syrian regime is helping reassure Asian allies anxious over North Korea.

China and Saudi Arabia's increasingly close relations signals a consequential shift in the Middle East - Asia security architecture.

As North Korea's cash flows dry up, selling nuclear technology to the highest bidder - be it Syria, Lybia or even ISIS - may become a tantalizing option for the Kim regime.

Efforts in Europe and Asia have yet to determine the root cause of terrorism, according to a top Malaysian politician.

Reinvigorated diplomacy that will culminate in a power-sharing agreement is needed to halt Yemen's slide to civil war and avert a humanitarian catastrophe.

A moratorium on Indonesian women traveling to work in the Middle East is creating new avenues for exploitation.

Scholars say Xi’s goal of this trip has always been trade advantages. China is not the intermediary between Iran and Saudi Arabia. It is only looking to reinforce its interests in the Middle East. Both Saudi Arabia and Iran do not expect China to declare its stand regarding their conflict.

Saudi Arabia and Iran have long been involved in the proxy wars in Syria and Yemen. With the growing power of the Islamic State, the two counties’ hostility may build a more complicated situation in the region.

Freedom House has been rating the degree of Internet freedom from 2011. Iran has placed last in the last four reports, but this year China has surpassed Iran and is now the country that offers least freedom on the Net.