Warm Relations Between China and the Gulf Arab Countries

DOHA, Qatar (AP) – Look closely at some of the major development projects in China, and what you see behind them is Middle East oil.

A $500 million port development in Tianjin is funded by Dubai-based DP World. A $5 billion refinery in Guangdong province will be built by Kuwait. A huge crude oil tank farm on Hainan Island is planned by Saudi Arabia.


These projects and others have come out of the Middle East’s growing economic relationship with China, which has become a major buyer of energy from the countries doing the investing. In turn, China