Thank you also to the folks from cspan who are watching and the folks that are streaming this live over the Atlantic Councils website. My name is william wechsler. I read the Atlantic Councils work in the middle east. Im the director for the center that is your host this afternoon. This question was a question that would not really have been asked only a decade ago. China does not have deep historical ties in the region. China has its economic connections were modest not that long ago. But now its a question that many people in the region are asking more and more. Many people in the u. S. Economic, diplomatic, intelligence and military apparatus are asking more and more. Many people in china are asking more and more about how they approach this region as part of their wider belt and Road Initiative, as part of their wider diplomatic initiatives, as part of their need for Energy Resources. What we see right now is the economic relationship between china and the middle east is deep and d
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