Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's latest six-nation tour of the Middle East and Turkey revealed that Beijing now aims to play a much larger role in the region.

During his trip, Wang signed a high-profile strategic cooperation agreement with Iran, announced a major vaccine production deal with the United Arab Emirates, and brought China's message on Xinjiang to Saudi Arabia, home of Islam's two holiest sites in Mecca and Medina.

Zayed University Assistant Professor and Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Jonathan Fulton is among the world's foremost China-Mideast scholars and closely followed Wang's trip. He joins Eric & Cobus from Abu Dhabi to discuss the outcomes of the recent tour and China's broader ambitions in the Middle East.

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China Wants to Be a Big Player in the Middle East