{"id":3761,"date":"2026-09-03T02:52:51","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T02:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=3761"},"modified":"2026-09-03T02:52:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T02:52:51","slug":"china-builds-soft-power-with-egypt-as-jinping-cultivates-relationships-with-middle-east-allies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vaultinsider.top\/?p=3761","title":{"rendered":"China builds &#8216;soft power&#8217; with Egypt as Jinping cultivates relationships with Middle East allies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/img-assets\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP26244636175635-e1788377673423.jpg?w=2048\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On the surface,\u00a0Chinese President Xi Jinping\u2019s\u00a0visit to Egypt this week is a run-of-the-mill opportunity for two countries to strengthen economic and diplomatic ties.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there is deep subtext to the meeting between Xi and President\u00a0Abdel Fattah el-Sissi: China, the United States\u2019 top global rival, is\u00a0cultivating an extensive relationship\u00a0with one of America\u2019s key allies in the Middle East as it moves to\u00a0expand its influence\u00a0in the rapidly changing region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xi aims to present China as a stabilizer in the region and contrast it with the United States, which for decades has been militarily entangled there \u2014 its six-month\u00a0war with Iran\u00a0being just the latest example.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChina continues to build up its soft power reserves while the United States self-sabotages its own stock,\u201d Amr Hamzawy, director of the Washington-based Carnegie Middle East Program, wrote in a paper earlier this year along with Kathryn Selfe, a former fellow at the program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xi arrived on Tuesday evening at Cairo airport, which was adorned with Chinese and Egyptian flags. El-Sissi and military guards greeted him on the tarmac with a red-carpet ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In wide-ranging talks Wednesday, Xi said Cairo and Beijing should jointly oppose what he called \u201cunilateralism and acts of bullying,\u201d according to China\u2019s state-run Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chinese leader also called for the two countries to \u201cwork together for a more just and equitable global governance system,\u201d Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Xi\u2019s first visit to the region since 2022<\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xi, who visited the\u00a0Grand Egyptian Museum\u00a0near the pyramids of Giza, is on his first trip to Egypt in a decade, the first time he has been in the region since visiting Saudi Arabia in 2022. El-Sissi has visited China multiple times in recent years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The leaders marked 70 years of diplomatic ties by publishing friendly opinion pieces on Tuesday in Egypt\u2019s state-run newspapers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xi wrote that Beijing and Cairo should \u201cexpand the scope of pragmatic collaboration\u201d through development. El-Sissi lauded China\u2019s investments in Egypt and reiterated Cairo\u2019s support of\u00a0China\u2019s claim that Taiwan is part of its territory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Egypt views its\u00a0growing relationship with China\u00a0as a way to diversify its strategic partnerships.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2023, Egypt was invited to join the BRICS bloc of nations, a grouping of major emerging economies that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa and is seen as a counterbalance to Western-led institutions such as the G7.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A year later, Egypt signed agreements with China to collaborate on its Belt and Road Initiative, a signature policy of Xi\u2019s that seeks to build power and transportation infrastructure around the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has invested more than $10 billion in Egypt, building a business hub east of the capital, Cairo, and an electric rail line for industry in the Nile Delta. Annual trade between the two countries is estimated at $20 billion, according to government figures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trade between the U.S. and Egypt was $15.7 billion in 2025. Egypt is a crucial partner in\u00a0U.S. national security priorities\u00a0in the region, and the countries\u2019 leaders\u00a0enjoy close ties.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">China has been trying to build bridges between Mideast nations<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"\/>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2023, Beijing\u00a0brokered a deal\u00a0to reestablish diplomatic ties between Iran \u2014 its most important regional ally and oil supplier \u2014 and Saudi Arabia, a longtime U.S. ally. The agreement showcased China\u2019s aspirations to\u00a0compete with the United States\u00a0for influence in the Mideast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, ties between Riyadh and Tehran have frayed. Iran attacked Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries as part of its\u00a0retaliation against the U.S. and Israel, which launched the war on Feb. 28.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has cast itself as a regional mediator in other ways. It has long advocated a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which is seen by the Arab world as a linchpin to regional stability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shortly before Hamas militants attacked Israel in 2023 and launched the war in Gaza, Xi had hosted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and announced a \u201cstrategic partnership\u201d with the Palestinian Authority.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Suez Canal is a vital alternative to the Strait of Hormuz<\/h4>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz heavily disrupted by the Iran war, the Suez Canal \u2014 which is controlled by Egypt \u2014 has become\u00a0an important alternative path\u00a0for getting energy supplies out of the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChina has good reason to strengthen ties with the country that controls the route still open,\u201d said Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat, a Middle East expert with Jakarta\u2019s Center of Economic and Law Studies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xi views Egypt \u201cas a base to reach the wider Arab and African world, at a time when the U.S. has less attention to spare there,\u201d said Rakhmat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In August, China and Egypt held a multiday air exercise at several bases across Egypt \u2014 the first-ever combat exercise for China\u2019s J-16 fighter jets and Egypt\u2019s French-made Rafale fighters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Xi is visiting Cairo after attending a two-day conference of the 10-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a political and security group billed as a counterweight to U.S. global influence. The leaders of Russia, India, Pakistan and Iran attended the conference in Kyrgyzstan\u2019s capital, Bishkek.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trip also comes on the heels of the Trump administration\u2019s\u00a0\u201ceconomic onslaught\u201d\u00a0on Iran\u2019s financial connections around the world. The sanctions aim to isolate the Islamic Republic from its remaining economic partners, including China, which buys more than 80% of Iranian oil shipments, usually through indirect channels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beijing says its trade with Iran has always abided by international law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">___________________<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associated Press writers Noha el-Hennawy in Cairo and Huizhong Wu in Bangkok contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>#China #builds #soft #power #Egypt #Jinping #cultivates #relationships #Middle #East #allies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the surface,\u00a0Chinese Presid&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2747,4758,173,6593,260,6591,6592,5716,1110,6515,4370,356],"class_list":["post-3761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","tag-allies","tag-builds","tag-china","tag-cultivates","tag-east","tag-egypt","tag-jinping","tag-middle","tag-power","tag-relationships","tag-soft","tag-war"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>China builds &#039;soft power&#039; 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