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            This article discusses China's economic development and political influence in the Middle East, and the construction of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). It also discusses Xi Jinping's vision for relationships with the Middle East states as its natural partners, the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF), the law of value, and the antagonistic contradictions China will encounter in its path to accumulation with US hegemony in the region.

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            Journal ID (doi): 10.2307/j50005550
            Journal ID (jcode): arabstudquar
            Title: Arab Studies Quarterly
            Publisher: Pluto Journals
            ISSN: 0271-3519
            ISSN: 2043-6920
            Publication date (Print): 1 January 2019
            Volume: 41
            Issue: 1 ( doiID: 10.13169/arabstudquar.41.issue-1 )
            Pages: 7-32
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            Publisher ID: arabstudquar.41.1.0007
            DOI: 10.13169/arabstudquar.41.1.0007
            SO-VID: 5bcb11c7-204c-4964-b63a-fe95b045a13b
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            Keywords: Belt and Road Initiative,hegemony,natural partners,accumulation,law of value,China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF)

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