Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged Tuesday to provide up to $20 billion in loans to Middle East countries, as part of efforts to promote his "Silk Road" infrastructure project.China has recently tried to bolster its influence in the Arabic region through infrastructure support and cooperation in the energy field, seeing it as an important player to move ahead with Xi's "One Belt, One Road" cross-border economic initiative.Xi made a speech during a meeting of the "China-Arab Cooperation Forum" at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, which Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Middle…READ FULL ARTICLE
