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Engaging Israel in the Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Techno-Nationalism in the Middle East

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2022-10

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Wu, Zeying
Yarrow, Richard

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Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract

The enormous growth of China’s investments in Israel has become one of the major changes in the Middle East’s geopolitics during the last decade. This paper examines the nationalist motivation behind China’s investment in Israeli technologies and Israel’s strategic role in China’s intended transition from the “world factory” to a global innovation champion. China’s engagement with Israel in the Belt and Road Initiative reflects Chinese techno-nationalism, and the Chinese government has used nationalist discourse to mobilize private enterprises to invest in Israeli technology, promoting the growth of Chinese private investments alongside Chinese state-affiliated investments in Israel since 2014. This chapter also analyses how the surge in Chinese investment activities has shaped larger debates and tensions in Israel’s policymaking and national identity.

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Israel-China relations, Techno-nationalism, Chinese nationalism, Technology transfer, Innovation-driven development, Made in China 2025, Israeli identity

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Wu, Z., Yarrow, R. (2022). Engaging Israel in the Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Techno-Nationalism in the Middle East. In: Rajaoson, J., Edimo, R.M.M. (eds) New Nationalisms and China's Belt and Road Initiative. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08526-0_18

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/282506

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New Nationalisms and China’s Belt and Road Initiative

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10.1007/978-3-031-08526-0_18

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2099-12-31

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