<img src="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/images-2-large.jpg" alt="images (2)" srcset="https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/images-2-medium.jpg 300w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/images-2-530x405.jpg 530w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/images-2-216x165.jpg 216w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/images-2-254x194.jpg 254w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/images-2-175x134.jpg 175w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/images-2-100x76.jpg 100w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/images-2-285x218.jpg 285w, https://cdn.businessday.ng/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/images-2.jpg 633w" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 633px) 100vw, 633px" class=" pl" /><p>For much of the last decade, China appeared to have achieved what few external powers in the Middle East had</p>
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