One more article about China and Israel getting together.
Top Chinese official: Arab boycott fears over
From icy aloofness a decade ago, Chinese government and business officials are embracing Israel as a partner
BY DAVID SHAMAH May 22, 2014, 7:35 pm
Official China is very impressed with Israel, officially. According to Yongjie Chen, deputy general secretary of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges and a member of the Chinese Communist Partys ruling body, the Politburo, Israel is the best place in the world for China to invest to acquire the technology the country needs to solve its environmental and social problems.
If China was reluctant to fully embrace Israel in the past for fear of angering Arab countries, things have changed, said Chen. Speaking to the Times of Israel in an exclusive interview, Chen said that there had been a significant change in the Chinese approach to the Middle East in the past 10 years.
Its true that, in the past, the government favored the Arab side more, but in recent years the emphasis of the government has been on rapid technology development, said Chen, and that is why cooperation with Israel, which has that technology, is growing. Chen could not promise that China would always vote Israels way on UN Security Council resolutions, but you can see that, in recent years, we have conducted a much more positive political policy towards Israel.
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Top Chinese official: Arab boycott fears over | The Times of Israel
Top Chinese official: Arab boycott fears over
From icy aloofness a decade ago, Chinese government and business officials are embracing Israel as a partner
BY DAVID SHAMAH May 22, 2014, 7:35 pm
Official China is very impressed with Israel, officially. According to Yongjie Chen, deputy general secretary of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges and a member of the Chinese Communist Partys ruling body, the Politburo, Israel is the best place in the world for China to invest to acquire the technology the country needs to solve its environmental and social problems.
If China was reluctant to fully embrace Israel in the past for fear of angering Arab countries, things have changed, said Chen. Speaking to the Times of Israel in an exclusive interview, Chen said that there had been a significant change in the Chinese approach to the Middle East in the past 10 years.
Its true that, in the past, the government favored the Arab side more, but in recent years the emphasis of the government has been on rapid technology development, said Chen, and that is why cooperation with Israel, which has that technology, is growing. Chen could not promise that China would always vote Israels way on UN Security Council resolutions, but you can see that, in recent years, we have conducted a much more positive political policy towards Israel.
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Top Chinese official: Arab boycott fears over | The Times of Israel
