China’s interests in the Persian Gulf and beyond, with Plamen Tonchev

The war in Iran has highlighted China’s economic relationship with the countries in the Persian Gulf. In this episode Plamen Tonchev talks to Johannes Heller-John about China’s interests and activities in the Gulf region and Europe’s South-Eastern Periphery. Plamen is Head of the Asia Unit at the Athens- based Institute of International Economic Relations (IIER) and European China Policy Fellow at MERICS. 

More about the topic:

• "China in the Security Conundrum of Europe’s Southeastern Periphery" by Plamen Tonchev and Vasilis Petropoulos
• "More Than Meets The Eye: Behind the Façade of Sino-Cypriot Relations" by Plamen Tonchev