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How Houthis Unintentionally Did China a Great Favor
How Houthis Unintentionally Did China a Great Favor
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The Houthi attacks on civilian naval vessels in the Red and Arabian Seas seemed to have unintentionally helped China a great deal, a Beijing-based academic has underlined.
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The Houthi attacks on civilian naval vessels in the Red and Arabian Seas seemed to have unintentionally helped China a great deal, a Beijing-based academic has underlined.The BRI is a multi-billion initiative, that offers huge amounts of money as aid to build roadways, and railways in emerging economies, connecting the old Silk Route to China.Furthermore, last week's American, and British airstrikes on Houthi military centers in Yemen have the potential of stoking anti-US sentiment in the Middle East.It is believed that a vast majority of the population in Middle East and North African (MENA) countries do not view the US favorably, considering Washington's long-standing support to Israel, which many sovereign states in the region reckon is the root cause of the Jewish state's apathy towards a two-state solution.This allows Beijing to build goodwill there, which is already on the rise since Xi's smart diplomacy resulted in a thaw in the bitter relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia last year.Riyadh and Tehran announced the resumption of diplomatic ties in a Chinese-brokered truce in 2023, helping end the military conflict in Yemen where Iran was backing the Houthis and the Saudis were backing the other side.
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How Houthis Unintentionally Did China a Great Favor
19:04 15.01.2024 (Updated: 19:11 15.01.2024) China is not part of Operation Prosperity Guardian, a US-led security alliance featuring ten nations, including Britain, formed to safeguard shipping lanes in the Red Sea from attacks by Yemen's Houthis.
The Houthi attacks on civilian naval vessels in the Red and Arabian Seas seemed to have unintentionally helped China a great deal, a Beijing-based academic has underlined.
"In a way, the Houthis have inadvertently done China a big favor," Xiao Yunhua, a professor at the Asian giant's National Defense University in the country's capital said on social media.
Yunhua noted that the disturbance caused by the targeting of civilian ships in the region would force more businesses to shift to railways, giving a renewed push to Chinese President Xi Jinping's prime infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
The BRI is a
multi-billion initiative, that offers huge amounts of money as aid to build roadways, and railways in emerging economies,
connecting the old Silk Route to China.
"The expansion of the latter is precisely our international strategy to sever US hegemony, undermine American sea power, and promote global multipolarity," the international relations expert added.
Furthermore, last week's American, and British airstrikes on Houthi military centers in Yemen have the potential of stoking anti-US sentiment in the Middle East.
It is believed that a vast majority of the population in
Middle East and North African (MENA) countries
do not view the US favorably, considering Washington's long-standing support to
Israel, which many sovereign states in the region reckon is the root cause of the Jewish state's apathy towards
a two-state solution.
This allows Beijing to build goodwill there, which is already on the rise since Xi's smart diplomacy resulted in a thaw in the bitter relations between
Iran and
Saudi Arabia last year.
Riyadh and
Tehran announced the resumption of diplomatic ties in a Chinese-brokered truce in 2023, helping end the military conflict in Yemen where Iran was backing the Houthis and the Saudis were backing the other side.
