It's not often you hear a call from economic or political leaders to go back to the world of 1,000 years ago, but that was the message from a forum of business leaders in Dubai.
The gathering, held under the auspices of the global banking group HSBC and Gulf Intelligence, a regional information consultancy, was discussing the issue of trade relations between the Middle East and China.
Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, the UAE Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, quoted Tabari, an Arab historian, who said in the 10th century: "There is no obstacle between us and China; everything on the sea can come to us on [the sea]."
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