At a kindergarten in the heart of Abu Dhabi, Emirati boys and girls sit in front of their teachers and welcome visitors with an enthusiastic “ni hao” – hello in Mandarin.
The government school is an illustration of the attention Gulf states are giving to their burgeoning relationship with China. In theory, the children could represent the next generation leading trade between the oil-rich Middle East and resource-hungry Asia, with the communist republic at the forefront.
Analysts point to rapidly increasing trade between the two fast-growing regions as they speak of the emergence of a new “Silk Road”.
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