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The China-Israel-US Triangle, Then and Now

Insights from Eyal Propper.

The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Dr. Eyal Propper – author of “Tangled Triangle: Israel–China relations Under America’s Shadow” (Earnshaw Books 2026) and former consult general of Israel in Shanghai – is the 534th in “The Trans-Pacific View Insight Series.” 

Explain your characterization of China-Israel relations as one defined by “pragmatism, opportunism, and mutual calculations.”

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The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Dr. Eyal Propper – author of “Tangled Triangle: Israel–China relations Under America’s Shadow” (Earnshaw Books 2026) and former consult general of Israel in Shanghai – is the 534th in “The Trans-Pacific View Insight Series.” 

Explain your characterization of China-Israel relations as one defined by “pragmatism, opportunism, and mutual calculations.”

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