How a Rising Arab World is Turning Away from the West and Rediscovering China

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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.

Ben Simpfendorfer currently works for Global Strategic Associates, LLC, (GSA), an international advisory firm. He is focused on assisting a small group of prestigious international clients to explore cross border business opportunities and investments between China and the Middle East. Simpfendorfer was previously the chief China Economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Senior China Economist at JPMorgan. He has lived in Beijing, Beirut, Damascus, and is currently based in Hong Kong. He appears regularly on Bloomberg and CNBC and is quoted in such major publications as the Financial Times and the New York Times. Simpfendorfer speaks Arabic and Chinese and has spent fifteen years reading local newspapers, speaking and working with the everyday person on the streets of Beirut to Beijing, and assessing economic data from the two regions. He has immersed himself in the two cultures and has personally observed many of the watershed events that have unfolded in the Arab world and China during that time.

Synopsis
The author provides the insight necessary for the reader to understand the links between the rise of the Arab world and China and shows the steps we have to take to adjust to this ongoing change. The author uses fifteen years of research gathered from his work as an experienced financial analyst in China and his travels in the Middle East. This is a breakthrough account of how China is spurring growth in the Arab world and how we must adapt to these changes. There is not other book on the market like this.This is a hugely topical book in light of the current situation in the Middle East and Iraq and will be of great interest. The rise of the Arab world and China are part of the same story, once trading partners via the Silk Road. It isn't a coincidence that Arab traders have returned to China at the same time that China is fast regaining its share of the global economy. This is a breakthrough account of how China is spurring growth in the Arab world. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: kindle_edition.

Über den Autor und weitere Mitwirkende
Ben Simpfendorfer currently works for Global Strategic Associates, LLC, (GSA), an international advisory firm. He is focused on assisting a small group of prestigious international clients to explore cross border business opportunities and investments between China and the Middle East. Simpfendorfer was previously the chief China Economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Senior China Economist at JPMorgan. He has lived in Beijing, Beirut, Damascus, and is currently based in Hong Kong. He appears regularly on Bloomberg and CNBC and is quoted in such major publications as the Financial Times and the New York Times. Simpfendorfer speaks Arabic and Chinese and has spent fifteen years reading local newspapers, speaking and working with the everyday person on the streets of Beirut to Beijing, and assessing economic data from the two regions. He has immersed himself in the two cultures and has personally observed many of the watershed events that have unfolded in the Arab world and China during that time. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: kindle_edition.