China and Iran: Ancient Partners in a Post-Imperial World

List of Illustrations

List of Illustrations figures 1.1 Spatial Relation of the Persian and Chinese Empires 2.1 Geopolitical Underpinnings of Sino-Iranian 1970s Entente 9.1 China’s Role in Iranian Imports, 1978, 1991, and 2003 9.2 Composition of China’s Trade with Iran, 2003 10.1 China’s Southwest Corridor to the Sea tables 1.1 Indicators of National Capabilities, 2001: Iran’s Relative Standing in the Region 1.2 Distribution of Global and Middle Eastern Oil Resources, 1975 2.1 Presence of Soviet and u.s. Warships in the Indian Ocean, 1968–73 4.1 Comparison of China’s Military Relations with Iran and Pakistan 6.1 Sino-Iranian Nuclear Cooperation 7.1 Publicly Acknowledged High-Level prc-iri Military Exchanges, 1989–2003 7.2 Iran’s International Arms Suppliers, 1975–2003 7.3 China’s Conventional Arms Sales to Iran, 1982–2004 vii 7.4 China’s Arms Sales to Iran as Percentage of Regular Chinese Exports to Iran 8.1 u.s. Sanctions against China for Cooperation with Iran or Pakistan 9.1 Iran-China Trade, 1974–2003 9.2 China’s Major Mineral and Base Metal Imports from Iran, 2003 9.3 China’s Major Economic Cooperation Projects in Iran, 1988–2004 9.4 China’s Foreign Economic Cooperation, 1998–2002 9.5 China’s Crude Oil Imports from Iran, 1983–2003 9.6 China’s Major Crude Oil Suppliers, 2001 and 2003 9.7 Overseas Geophysical Exploration Activity of the cnpc, 2002 9.8 Foreign Investment in Iran’s Oil and Gas Industry, 1999–2004 9.9 Estimate of China’s Financial Support for Sino-Iranian Economic Cooperation viii illustrations ...