In late July, 14 Palestinian factions including rivals Hamas andFatah agreed “to end their divisions and form an interim national unity government” in a “Beijing Declaration” after

By Yang Xiaotong, Assistant Researcher of a private Beijing-based think tank, for SIGNAL Group As the Iran-backed Houthis up their attacks on ships passing through

Intelligence is meant to provide information about another. Gathering intelligence, one compiles data about an enemy (or a friend) seeking to establish behavioral patterns. These

The discourse surrounding China’s influence in the Middle East often swings between exaggeration, such as suggesting China’s expanding presence challenges US primacy in the region,

Cover Photo Credit: Illustration for The China Project by Derek Zheng The Israel-Hamas war has revealed a deep-seated cognitive dissonance emanating from Beijing’s assumptions about

Cover Photo Credit: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on July 9, 2023. Gil Cohen-Magen / Pool via Reuters.

Cover Photo: Shanghai, China, April 1910, A Purim party. Credit: Yad Vashem A formidable though short-lived Sephardi presence in early 20th-century Shanghai fostered unique interpretations

Just last month, China successfully brokered a Saudi-Iranian rapprochement and indicated that it wishes to play peacemaker between Russia and Ukraine. CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER Qin

Cover Photo Credit: Illustration for The China Project by Derek Zheng China’s recent achievement in brokering rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran has captivated the attention of

Countries in the Middle East view China’s growing power and influence in starkly different terms from the US and many of its Western allies. These

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government is anything but the manifestation of extremism portrayed in most of the world’s media. Typical of misreporting in the

SIGNAL Group’s Seventh Annual Conference on Israel’s China Policy The 2022 SIGNAL Group Conference is particularly timely in taking stock of the primary drivers shaping

President Biden’s recent Middle East visit might come to mark a strategic turning point. Viewed through the lens of great power competition with China, the Middle

With American President Joe Biden scheduled to visit the Middle East between 13-16 July, stopping off in Israel and Saudi Arabia, many anticipate that a