As Xi Jinping travels to Saudi Arabia, Gulf States seek closer ties with China

Dubai is the largest Middle East region for Chinese products . UAE has also turned to China for weapons and missiles .

Dubai is a city in the Middle East that has long been home to China, according to the Arab Economy Institute, which estimates that Chinese companies invested more than $107 billion in GCC countries between 2005 and 2022, the world's second largest economy.EnergyThe UAE is the largest Middle East region for Chinese products, and is a major export hub for Chinese goods, according to the think tank.As a result of the Gulf Cooperation Council's Gulf Cooperation Council, Qatar and the UAE have signed The Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala and two Chinese state institutions oversee the UAE-China Joint Investment Cooperation Fund.Waffen and technologyThe UAE has also turned to China for weapons and missiles as part of the region's efforts to diversify its suppliers, according to Saudi-owned media in February.In addition, the UAE declared that it would purchase 12 attack planes from China, a few weeks after threatening to cancel its purchase of F-35s from the US.

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