In Arms We Trust: the Economic and Strategic Factors Motivating China-Iran Relations

Currier, Carrie Liu; Dorraj, Manochehr

doi:10.1007/s11366-009-9082-6

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“…Certain member nations of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) see their involvement in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a means to enhance their bilateral ties with China and align themselves with the expanding global power of Beijing. China has shown a growing level of assertiveness in the global sphere, prompting some nations to see the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as a means to counterbalance the influence wielded by the United States and other Western powers (Currier, 2009).…”

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– The IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities – Hawaii 2024 Official Conference Proceedings

2024

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This is my sixth consecutive year of doing the research. As China is still the engine of world economy, there is a rapid increase in the number of foreign students coming to The University of Hong Kong to learn Chinese. As Chinese is one of the popular subjects for them to choose. Despite COVID-19, from 2022 to 2023, there are still around 900 foreign students come to the University of Hong Kong to learn Chinese as a Foreign Language courses. A language teacher is a facilitator and an instructor of Chinese learning for foreign students. However, in the real world, there are always some good language learners and some less talented language learners in one classroom. So what is the secret of the Good Chinese Learners? What can the language instructors do in order to support good Chinese learners and help the less talented learners to learn Chinese? In the TESOL field, there are a lot of researches have been done by scholars. In the early 1970s, several researchers isolated and defined the concept of Good Language Learner. But in Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language field, there are relatively fewer researches. So from January 2017 to May 2023, I conducted a survey about good Chinese learners in CHIN9503 and CHIN9504 classes. The survey consisted of an interview with several questions and I will discuss the result of a survey and its implications in this paper.

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“…In addition, Iran is one of the main beneficiaries of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). China has also assisted Iran with the transfer of knowledge and technology for its missile development and nuclear program (Currier & Dorraj, 2010; Eslami et al, 2023). The growing relationship between the two states gave China a role to play in the Middle East and obvious economic benefits.…”

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A ‘Soft’ Balancing Ménage à Trois? China, Iran and Russia Strategic Triangle vis-à-vis US Hegemony

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Eslami

Duarte

2023

Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs

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The recent rapprochement among China, Iran and Russia reveals the emergence of a new, unexpected, regional strategic triangle with the potential to balance the United States’ dominant position. By focusing on the evolution of this strategic triangle in the post-Cold War period, this article investigates the driving forces that bring the three states together, namely the US power and unilateralism as materialised in NATO’s eastward expansion, the sanctions on Russia after the annexation of Crimea and the war in Ukraine, the sanctions against Iran, the US trade war with China and the hostile US posture during the coronavirus disease-2019 pandemic. Drawing on soft balancing theory, this article provides an empirical assessment of China–Iran– Russia strategies in countering the US power. Thus, this article aims to fill a gap in the existing literature by investigating this triangular relationship and its balancing potential under the analytic construct of a strategic triangle. Finally, the analysis demonstrates that the three states have employed soft balancing mechanisms, primarily economic strengthening and entangling diplomacy in international institutions. At the same time, territorial denial was sought on various occasions due to the regional importance of this triangular relationship. In conclusion, the article also offers insights into potential hard-balancing behaviour in the long run.

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“…China does not concern about Iran's nuclear program, even though China secretly assisted Iran to establish a nuclear research center in 1985. Even after the 90s, China provided Iran with a large amount of uranium (Currier and Dorraj, 2010). In recent years, China aimed to increase its technological investment in Iran as well.…”

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The Dynamics of Iran-China “New” Strategic Cooperation

YILDIRIMÇAKAR

2023

Alternatif Politika

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Iran-China cooperation is not one-dimensional that based only on the economic interests of the two parties. It has other dimensions such as seeking new strategies to minimize the domination of the United States in Central Asia and the Middle East to ensure the efficient operation of their future political, economic, and strategic policies. In 2013, with the declaration of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Iran-China cooperation increasingly became more critical for the two countries' political, national, and international interests. To this end, Iran and China have decided to sign a long-term (25 years) strategic cooperation agreement and Iran was admitted to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) as a full member in September 2021. Since Iran and China have common interests in political, economic, security, and military cooperation, it is predicted that the strategic and long-standing cooperation between Iran and China will be one of the most significant factors to change the balance of the Middle East and Central Asia both politically and economically. From this point of view, this study aims to explore the dynamics affecting Iran-China strategic cooperation and analyze the core factors behind this rapprochement.

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In Arms We Trust: the Economic and Strategic Factors Motivating China-Iran Relations

Cited by 12 publications

References 11 publications

– The IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities – Hawaii 2024 Official Conference Proceedings

– The IAFOR International Conference on Arts & Humanities – Hawaii 2024 Official Conference Proceedings

A ‘Soft’ Balancing Ménage à Trois? China, Iran and Russia Strategic Triangle vis-à-vis US Hegemony

The Dynamics of Iran-China “New” Strategic Cooperation

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