The new silk road
Subtitle: how a rising Arab world is turning away from the West and rediscovering China
By: Ben Simpfendorfer
Edition: Rev. and updated ed.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780230284852
Subjects: Commerce; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Foreign Exchange; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Accounting / Financial; Chinese Corporations; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General; Foreign economic relations
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-195) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Revised Introduction and Preface; title: The New Silk Road: The Arab World Rediscovers China; title: Chinese Petrodollars and the Competition for Oil; title: The Arab Wealth Funds and the Rise of an 'Islamic Corridor'; title: Syria Learns From China while the Chinese 'Go Global'; title: Arabic and the Language of Globalization; title: Young Women and the Future of the Arab World; title: The New Public Relations War: 'Al Jazeera' in China; title: Implications for the West: A New Center of Gravity.