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  "tags": [
    "Politics",
    "Beijing Summit Middle East",
    "China",
    "China Gulf relations",
    "China Middle East strategy",
    "China support for Iran",
    "Donald Trump",
    "Egypt Pakistan Gulf alliance",
    "Gulf security crisis",
    "Iran US tensions",
    "Iran War",
    "Israeli Gulf relations",
    "Middle East geopolitical shift",
    "Strait of Hormuz crisis",
    "The Great American Retreat",
    "Trump China summit",
    "USA",
    "Xi Jinping Middle East policy",
    "Xi Jinpingو",
    "The Great American Retreat: The Beijing Summit as a Geopolitical Trap Redrawing the Middle East Map",
    "The Middle East Observer"
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  "textContent": "By the end of President Donald Trump’s visit to China, the glittering promises heavily hyped by the White House as a historic success evaporated. The actual strategic yield was nothing but a mirage, while the geopolitical reality tilted heavily in Beijing’s favor. The three-day trip was rich in carefully choreographed pageantry, giving Trump the high-profile […]\n\nThe post The Great American Retreat: The Beijing Summit as a Geopolitical Trap Redrawing the Middle East Map appeared first on The Middle East Observer.",
  "title": "The Great American Retreat: The Beijing Summit as a Geopolitical Trap Redrawing the Middle East Map"
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