| ID | 122112 |
| Title Proper | Strange bedfellows |
| Other Title Information | China's Middle Eastern inroads |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hayoun, Massoud |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In 2011, when Algeria's Religious Affairs Minister Bouabdallah Ghlamallah awarded the contract to build the Grand Mosque of Algiers, the third-largest such structure in the world, it did not go to a homegrown Algerian bidder nor to one based in a fellow Muslim-majority Arab nation like Lebanon, nor even to one in a nearby non-Muslim nation like Spain, with long connections to the Islamic world. The February 2011 contract-signing ceremony officially granted the $1.3 billion mega-project to a farther away and far less likely competitor-a state-owned Chinese enterprise. |
| `In' analytical Note | World Affairs US Vol. 175, No.5; Jan-Feb 2013: p.89-96 |
| Journal Source | World Affairs US Vol. 175, No.5; Jan-Feb 2013: p.89-96 |
| Key Words | Algeria ; Grand Mosque of Algiers ; China State Construction Engineering Corp. (CSCE) ; China ; Oil ; Americanism ; Uighur Muslims ; Soft Power ; Chinese - Arab Friendship Association |