On China's moves into the Middle East."While China's strategic interest in the Middle East is driven primarily by oil, other commercial interests are well represented as well. Chinese trade with the region is soaring and not just with respect to energy: McKinsey & Co, the management consultancy, says trade between east Asia East Asia A region of Asia coextensive with the Far East. East Asian adj. & n. and the six members of the Gulf Co-operation Council--Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, federation of sheikhdoms (2005 est. pop. 2,563,000), c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. , Oman, and Bahrain--quadrupled in volume between 1995 and 2005. Bilateral trade between China and Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä  `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. , the region's biggest economy,
increased 30 percent between 2005 and 2006 alone."
--Financial Times, February 12 Matthew Rees Matthew Rees (born 9 December, 1980) is a Welsh rugby union footballer who currently plays for the Llanelli Scarlets in the Celtic League. His usual position is at hooker. He previously played for the now defunct Celtic Warriors and Pontypridd. is a senior director of the White House Writers Group. |
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