Rethinking China, the Middle East and Asia in a "multiplex world" / / edited by Mojtaba Mahdavi and Tugrul Keskin.

• Superior document: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; 128
• TeilnehmendeR: Keskin, Tugrul,; Mahdavi, Mojtaba,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; 128.; Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (281 pages)
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Copyright Page /; Foreword: Belt and Road: China's Opportunities and Challenges /; Notes on Contributors /; Introduction /; Chapter 1 The Triple Pillar of Sino-MENA Relations in the Age of Neoliberalism /; Chapter 2 China's Mental Maps of the Middle East and North Africa /; Chapter 3 Is Growing the Iran-China Relationship as Easy as Building a Belt and Road? /; Chapter 4 Belt and Road Initiative: Central Asia, the Middle East, and South Asia /; Chapter 5 The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor /; Chapter 6 Confucius in the UAE: Chinese Soft Power in the GCC /; Chapter 7 China-Egypt Relations /; Chapter 8 Smoothing the Waters /; Chapter 9 China and the MENA Region in a Decentred World /; Chapter 10 Sino-Turkish Relations in the New Era: From Political Conflict to Economic Cooperation /; Chapter 11 Sino-Egyptian Relations and the New Regional Dynamics of the Middle East /; Chapter 12 China's Policy on the Iranian Nuclear Issue /; Chapter 13 Chinese Engagement with the MENA Region: Exploring Sino-MENA Event Data /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004510001
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Mojtaba Mahdavi and Tugrul Keskin.

"This edited volume critically examines the changing dynamics of multidimensional relations between China, Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and Asia in an emerging "multiplex world". It challenges both extremes of "Sinophobia" and "Sinophilia" by studying the real "pragmatist" China. This book, in fifteen chapters, problematizes what MENA and Asia means to China in the age of neoliberalism, explores what are the real or perceived pillars of Sino-MENA-Asia relations, and sheds light on how MENA can benefit from its relations with China while keeping a clear distance from the harms of neoliberal authoritarianism. Contributors are Mojtaba Mahdavi, Tugrul Keskin, Manochehr Dorraj, Sari Hanafi, Habibul Haque Khondker, Dara Conduit, Rigas Arvanitis, Saeed Shafqat, Jordi Quero, Mahesh Ranjan Debata, Andrea Ghiselli, Mher D. Sahakyan, Michael McCall, Yossra M. Taha and Xiaoyue Li"--