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Syria even in the darkest of crises. China has often played the role of a collaborator
and supporter of the Syrian state [Barakat, Mohamed Jamal (2012)].

China's foreign policy is based on a number of determinants that help to orient its
orientation towards specific international issues. There is a close relationship between
China's foreign policy and its political ideology based on its vision of its place, faith
in its faith and its historical experience. Ideology and interests play a key role China's
foreign policy determinants have been defined in a policy generally characterized by its
pragmatic orientation. Despite the contradiction between ideologies and interests, China
has been able to balance them in its foreign policies in a subtle harmony, reversing the
distinctive character of the It is difficult to omit the role played by China's arrival as one
of the influential poles of the global system as a major determinant of its foreign policy
[Bakir, Ali Hussein (2013), Al Bayan Magazine (2013)].

China supported the Arab position in general and denounced the tripartite aggression
against Egypt in 1956. It condemned the Israeli aggression on the Arab states in the
1967 war and supported Egypt in the 1973 war. In particular, China stood by the
legitimate Arab rights of recovering the Golan and establishing The Palestinian State.
China challenged the US arms embargo on Arab states, especially Syria, in the mid-
1990s, as well as the blockade imposed on Syria after accusing it of supporting
terrorism. China believes that the Syrian revolution turned into an armed conflict
between the state and armed opponents, In its belief in the need to respect the principle
of State sovereignty and non-interference in its internal affairs, which is one of the
five established principles of China's foreign policy, the foreign policy in Syria is the
core of China's policy to seek cooperation in the management of affairs Therefore,
what China seeks in the Middle East is to cooperate, negotiate and resolve conflicts
peacefully, both in terms of relations with the reality of economy, energy, and conflict
[Bishara, Azmi (2013), Hamdi, Mahmood (2013)].

The main interest of China is with Syria in strategic terms. Syria is the meeting point of
three continents across a number of land, sea and air routes. It is the first line of defense
of China's interests in Central Asia and the Caucasus. The bridge is the Russian
Federation. China seeks to retain its influence. In the Middle East through Syria since
the 1950s, under Western domination by the United States over most of the other
countries of the region, and Syria's only remaining point of resistance throughout those
years, the collapse of the current Syrian regime would lose China its only ally And the
collapse of the Syrian regime would affect Iran's standing in the Middle East, the first
enemy of the Syrian regime, the strategic balance in the region of Western hegemony,
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