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.

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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.

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Book Title: The New Silk Road
Book Subtitle: How a Rising Arab World is Turning Away from the West and Rediscovering China
Authors: Ben Simpfendorfer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230302075
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-230-28485-2Published: 02 March 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-30207-5Published: 02 March 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: V, 202
Topics: International Business, Asian Culture, Management, Business Strategy/Leadership, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Accounting/Auditing

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