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A Pax Sinica takes shape in the Middle East – Asia Times

By Thomas A. Smith

A Pax Sinica is emerging in the Middle East and Central Asia in plain sight, albeit unnoticed by American planners. The main brace of the strategic architecture is an emerging alliance between Pakistan, a Chinese economic dependency, and Turkey, which relies increasingly on China for financing and trade. Chinese media reported the Turkish foreign minister s visit to Pakistan Jan. 12 to 13th as a key step towards such an alliance.  And if Turkey and Pakistan ally, Iran has no choice but to find a way to join the Turkish-Pakistan camp, in the view of a Chinese military site reposted by NetEase.

via asiatimes.com