Yang Xiaotong - Oman Observer

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Yang Xiaotong

Yang Xiaotong is a researcher at the Beijing-based think tank Horizon Insights Centre, where he focuses on China-MENA relations. He has lived in the Middle East for a decade, including seven years in Oman, and his work has appeared in Al Arabiya, Al Jazeera, and Al Majalla.

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