Evan Freidin

  • An Iranian Woman receives a dose of the China's Sinopharm new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in the Iranmall shopping complex in northwest of Tehran, Iran on May 17, 2021. (Photo by Sobhan Farajvan/Pacific Press/Sipa USA) Credit: Sipa USA/Alamy Live News

    Capitalising on Covid: China’s health diplomacy in the Middle East

    In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, China’s Belt and Road Initiative has enabled the rising superpower to expand its sphere of influence in the Middle East. Much analysis of the initiative, which has seen China invest in more than 70 countries across Asia, Europe and the Middle East, is focused on infrastructure, including new […]
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    May 22, 2024