ABSTRACT
The discussion suggests that the foreign policy of the PRC towards the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula region during the past half a century had exhibited a certain dynamism and an evolving trend. We have argued that China's foreign policy towards the Gulf and Arabian Peninsula region has changed according to changes in China's relations with Washington and Moscow and in China's own domestic economic needs ± namely, increasing its demand for oil. Many changes in China's foreign policy toward the region have been introduced to accommodate changes in China's relations with the United States and the Soviet Union and in China's economic requirements.
