The New Silk Road: How a Rising Arab World Is Turning Away from the West and Rediscovering China

Simpfendorfer, Ben

ISBN 10: 0230580262 / ISBN 13: 9780230580268

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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2009 edition. 256 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The New Silk Road: How a Rising Arab World Is Turning Away from the West and Rediscovering China
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230580262
• ISBN 13: 9780230580268
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.5 kilograms

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Synopsis

The rise of the Arab world and China are part of the same story, once trading partners via the Silk Road. It isn't a coincidence that Arab traders have returned to China at the same time that China is fast regaining its share of the global economy. This is a breakthrough account of how China is spurring growth in the Arab world.

About the Author

 
BEN SIMPFENDORFER is currently the Chief China Economist at the Royal Bank of Scotland in Hong Kong and was previously the Senior China economist at JPMorgan in Hong Kong. He has lived in Beijing, Beirut, Damascus, and Hong Kong where he writes for the foreign business and investment community. 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 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.