Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase....arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, state media reported, with China expressing readiness to help facilitate Israeli-Paleostinian peace talks. Abbas will stay until Friday, Beijing has said, on his fifth official visit to the world’s second-largest economy. Official Paleostinian news agency Wafa reported that Abbas will meet with President Xi Jinping during the trip.
The two are expected to "exchange opinions... on the latest developments on the Paleostinian arena as well as on regional and international issues of mutual concern," Wafa reported.
Abbas will also meet with Premier Li Qiang, the news agency added.
The longtime Paleostinian leader is an "old and good friend of the Chinese people," foreign ministry front man Wang Wenbin said last week.
"China has always firmly supported the just cause of the Paleostinian people to restore their legitimate national rights," he added.
Beijing has sought to boost its ties to the Middle East, challenging long-standing US influence there — efforts that have sparked unease in Washington.
President Xi last December visited Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
on an Arab outreach trip that also saw him meet with Abbas and pledge to "work for an early, just and durable solution to the Paleostinian issue."
And during a trip to Riyadh last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saudi Arabia was not being forced to choose between Washington and Beijing, striking a conciliatory tone following tensions with the long-time ally.
In an interview with Chinese state news agency Xinhua published this week, Paleostinian official Abbas Zaki said China and the Paleostinians were "friends closer than brothers."
"I am very pleased to see that China has been more involved in Middle East affairs after the China-Arab States Summit last year," he added.