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Report: Chinese firms in Iran providing strategic and infrastructure support
world tribune ^ | August 31, 2007 | world tribune

Posted on 09/01/2007 5:00:58 AM PDT by Flavius

More than 100 Chinese companies are working inside Iran, providing a range of goods and services in such areas as energy, dam and shipbuilding, steel production and airport and seaport development, the London-based Realite-EU reported.

Trade between Iran and China increased from $1.2 billion in 1998 to about $10 billion last year, while Iran is the second-largest oil exporter to China after Saudi Arabia, sending Beijing around $5.8 billion worth of crude oil along with petrochemical products.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; iran

1 posted on 09/01/2007 5:00:59 AM PDT by Flavius
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To: Flavius

Beijing officials have ignored U.S. protests against Chinese involvement in Iran.


2 posted on 09/01/2007 5:03:10 AM PDT by Flavius
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Yep
Good thing Nixon opened China up to the 20th century and all those so called USA Businesses

Brilliant move


3 posted on 09/01/2007 5:20:47 AM PDT by uncbob (m first)
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To: uncbob

Would You want China Building you anything?


4 posted on 09/01/2007 5:32:57 AM PDT by scooby321
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To: Flavius

We’re doing business with those who help kill our soldiers. The only difference between this and our proxy wars with Russia is the fact that we didn’t pay Russia to continue.


5 posted on 09/01/2007 6:54:18 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
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