China’s sudden approach to the UAE, Beijing is going to replace the US in the middle east.

The Arab countries producing crude oil in the Persian Gulf, including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, intended to increase people’s accountability by imposing VAT by advancing reforms to reduce oil dependence. Beijing is suddenly approaching the United Arab Emirates, a traditional US ally in the Middle East. It will provide its vaccine as well as fifth-generation high-speed mobile communications technology (5G) to the UAE. While the US presence in the Middle East has diminished, Beijing has used its vacuum to increase its influence in the region.

The UAE health officials also announced in mid-May that the third phase of the coronavirus vaccination project by the China National Pharmaceutical Group (state-owned Sinofarm) would begin soon. The UAE has announced that it will hold an international exhibition in Dubai in October with a one-year delay. Such a move seems to follow a Chinese-made vaccine. The UAE, along with Israel, is a world leader in vaccination against coronavirus. Not only the people of the UAE but also the foreigners who live in the UAE were vaccinated for free, and the tourism industry in this country has started successfully.

The Arab countries producing crude oil in the Persian Gulf, including the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, intended to increase people’s accountability by imposing VAT by advancing reforms to reduce oil dependence. There is a strong view in this regard that the pressure for democracy will increase with the process of examining the distribution of oil revenues. Arab leaders may follow in the footsteps of Beijing, which has denied “Western-style democracy” and achieved significant economic development.

The United States, on the one hand, attaches great importance to Asia and closely monitors China’s movements, and on the other hand, has reduced its intervention in the Middle East with the withdrawal of American troops stationed in Iraq. Taking advantage of this opportunity, China has strengthened its influence in the Middle East, signed a 25-year long-term strategic agreement with Iran, and seeks to expand diplomacy in all its aspects. It seems that the weaker the US presence in the Middle East, the weaker the Biden administration will be to counter Chinese pressure.

Arab countries do not trust Beijing very much, but they still use it as a deterrent to the United States, which is leaving the Middle East. Concerns about the rapprochement between the United Arab Emirates and China have spread among US politicians. The former Donald Trump administration had promised to sell the advanced F35 fighter jet. But according to the Wall Street Journal, the Biden administration is seeking commitments to prevent technology leaks to third countries, which has left the sale of the F35 to the UAE in limbo.