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MA Haiyun is an Assistant Professor at Frostburg State University. His teaching and research interests are Chinese History, Islam and Muslims of China (including Xinjiang), Sino-Middle East Relations, ...

The below article is part of the series “Seizing Lebanon’s Moment,” a joint initiative with the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). The contributors to this series — who ...