China Decode: China’s Long Game in the Middle East

Hogging seats on a crowded train, not saying excuse me, watching videos on your phone with no headphones in. Sometimes it feels like we don't know how to act anymore. What we have been seeing, increasingly, is people breaking rules. Why should I play by the rules if nobody else is going to do that for me? This week on Explain It to Me, how to mind your manners.

New episodes Sundays wherever you get your podcasts. The Chinese are playing a long game in the Middle East, but also a long game around the world. So the China of today is far deeper in the Middle East, including the Gulf, including Iran, including Iraq. When Western companies are not so forthcoming to build things, the Chinese are always there to build things. So that tells a lot about China's presence in the Middle East.

I think what is clear is that uh when this war is over, it's gonna be a a very different Middle East. Welcome to China Decode, I'm Alice Hann. And I'm James King. In today's episode of China Decode, we're discussing how the Iran War is helping China, why Chinese universities are rising in global rankings, and why China's EV giant wants to join Formula One.

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