[93] Chinese businessmen and major Chinese corporations hold Israel's business, economic and entrepreneurial acumen and technological expertise with high esteem and have sought to integrate Israel's know-how with China's marketing proficiency, industrial manufacturing capacity and aptitude for large consumer market scaling. On the eve of then-Prime Minister Naftali Bennetts first meeting with President Biden, his office announced that Israel was taking American concerns about China seriously and regarded it as a matter of national security. Spread the word. And what about Israel? Although this agreement may seem technical, concerning principally economics and technology, the fact that the dialogue will be led by the heads of the respective National Security Councils (and not, for example, by the Ministries of Science or the Economy) indicates that it is a matter of supreme strategic and security importance. Danit Gal is a consultant and researcher focusing on technology ethics, governance, safety, security, and strategy. [2][3] Since then, Israel and China have developed increasingly close economic, military and technological links with each other. ", "Misconceptions and lessons about Chinese and Jewish entrepreneurs", "The Common Ground between China and Israel", "Jewish and Chinese: Explaining a Shared Identity", "Shavei Israel | Why do the Chinese admire the Jews? Since the 1980s, Israel has carefully walked the U.S.-China technology tensions . our company vision , Israel China Technologies Ltd. is By the projects we set up together. There are similar concerns about Chinese investmentin Israel. Since the 1980s, Israel has had robust technological cooperation and trade with the U.S. while often, in deference to U.S. security concerns, limiting the sale of some technologies to China. [59], As part of the 2010 World Expo, the Shanghai Municipal Government began to allow the city's Jewish community to use the historic Ohel Rachel Synagogue for regular Shabbat services. Israeli media reported that these tenders "were seen by officials in Washington as a major test of the Israeli government's policy towards China.". 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Although the headlines were focused elsewhere, the presidents Israel-Saudi trip included statements, agreements, and newly announced inter-agency dialogues that imply deep implications for China policy. Israel-China medical fund to raise $300m for joint drug development ventures The agency also had nearly 5,000 active counterintelligence cases on its books in the same year, nearly half dealing with China. Israels willingness to walk away fromarms deals with the Chinese at the United States request is unsurprising given the countries strong military and political relationship. The economic ties between Israel and China have greatly strengthened in the past decade and received a push from a 2014 government decision that removed roadblocks and advanced technological and other cooperation agreements with China. The Chinese government met with senior Hamas representative Mahmoud al-Zahar, who previously served as Palestinian foreign minister, during the June 2006 China-Arab Cooperation Forum in Beijing which held direct bilateral talks despite protests from Israel and the United States. The G2G (Government to Government) mechanism was established and five task forces were set up in high tech, environmental protection, energy, agriculture and financing. China has not even spared its strategic partners from such commercial espionage. [113] In 2013, Li donated US$130 million to Technion. It has even utilized its telecom companies like Huaweis sprawling reach in the West to collect pieces of sensitive information. Israeli officials have beenespecially vocal about the risks posed by military technology trade with China, noting that Chinese weapons sold to Tehran have in the past been transferred to Hamas and Hezbollah. Sergio Restelli is an Italian political advisor, author and geopolitical expert. The National Technology Transfer East Center, which undertook the task of building the China-Israel technology transfer platform at the end of 2018, has been involved in the conversion of results from China-Israel cooperation in the early years, and participated in promoting the "Promotion Meeting for the Construction of China-Israel (Shanghai . Use Adobe Acrobat Reader version 10 or higher for the best experience. By pausing the F35 deal, the UAE has, for now, bought itself time in order to keep a balance in between the US and China. According to Wray, in 2020, the FBI opened a China-related counterintelligence case every ten hours on average. The Times of Israel is committed to Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, and independent journalism provides an essential protection for democratic equality. Politicians are also hastening to increase the cooperation between the two countries with former Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett recently visiting China to launch the Israeli Business Center in Shanghai, an initiative that goes hand-in-hand with the China-Israel Joint Committee on Innovation Cooperation, a three-year action plan to strengthen innovation cooperation. The suit asserted that in 2003 the bank's New York branch wired millions of dollars to Hamas from its leadership in Syria and Iran. Chinas demand for alternative commercial technology trade partners in light of tightening American trade restrictions is an unexpected economic boon to Israel, but the importance of chips for technological advancement and military use means Israels position in this technology triangle is bound to attract Washington's attention. "The Evolution of Sino-Israeli Relations". First, the United States and Israel should establish a high-level working group to coordinate U.S. and Israeli policy on technology and China. Even with these measures, a hard balancing act is bound to become harder as technology trade between the three countries increases and political and security tensions continue to escalate. February 1, 2023 Zelensky: If China allies itself with Russia, there will be world war III. The largest number of investments is in companies in the life sciences sector (these include medical technologies, biotechnology, biochemistry, and pharmaceuticals - 122 deals in all), followed by investments in software development and IT companies (108 deals); China also invests in companies in the internet . Washingtons pressure on Israel focused on halting Chinas involvement in Israeli infrastructure, blocking Chinese-made infrastructure in 5G communications in Israel (which was not on the agenda in any case), investment screening, and hindering technology transfers. The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. As China reportedly applies its toolkit . [102], On 3 July 2011, Israel and the People's Republic of China signed an economic cooperation agreement to boost trade between the two countries. In an August 4 The Jerusalem Post article titled "Taiwan, US, China - what is Israel's position?" former Israeli ambassador to China Matan Vilnai issued a stark warning to remain neutral . [89][90] China has also expressed desire for Israel's advanced technologies, particularly in fields related to agriculture, telecommunications, and defense. [35][41][42] With the intrinsic affinity that the Chinese people feel for the Jews, relations between the two communities have been mutually close, harmonious and friendly, due to shared common cultural similarities between the two peoples resulted Jews enjoying equal rights and coexisting peacefully alongside the mainstream Han Chinese populace with instances of Jews assimilating into the Han Chinese community through intermarriage. A key tool utilized by China to steal military and industrial secrets is through traditional human intelligence operations that seek to recruit foreign citizens to spy on their countries. [99] His was the largest donation ever made to Technion and one of the biggest to any Israeli academic institution. Surging Chinese Commercial Technology Trade. [29][30], In May 2020, the Chinese ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, was found dead at his home in Herzliya. [123] Israel's decision drew condemnation from China, which stated that the cancellation would hurt bilateral ties. [65] China is a vital market for Israel's aerospace and defense industry. It has the second highest concentration of high-tech companies in the world after Silicon Valley and the largest number of start-ups per capita in the world. Israel then sought to benefit from the situation and became China's backdoor to western technology. Israel has earned a reputation in recent years as a tech powerhouse. Overall, the FBI concluded that economic espionage cases linked to China have increased by 1,300% in the past decade. Economists are forecasting that Mainland China may surpass the U.S. as Israel's largest trading partner in the near future. China and Israel have hosted many reciprocal business events that facilitate cooperation between Chinese and Israeli firms, usually with Israel providing technology to an established Chinese company. China Paradigm interviewed Rami Blachman, the founder of China Israel Innovation Accelerator and business advisor at AgriNation Venture Capital, to have a comprehensive knowledge of Israeli technology companies in China, to best identify the emerging markets in China, and to look into the market strategies in various Chinese cities.. Rami Blachman, bringing Israeli technology companies in China [23], Zev Sufott, who had served in the liaison office of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Beijing beginning in 1991, was appointed as Israel's first Ambassador to China upon the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1992. On July 13, before President Biden landed in Israel,JerusalemandWashingtonissued a joint statement (with differences in wording in both versions) on the launch of strategic technology cooperation between Israel and the United States. 2. [34][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][40][50][15] On a geopolitical scale, China has sought to maintain close relations with the Jewish state as Israel's regional importance, stability and influence in an otherwise volatile region has been an important asset for the expansion of China's influence in the Middle East and the entire world. Second, China might transfer the technology or other information to Israel's enemies in Iran or elsewhere. Please try again or choose an option below. It is . [110] In 2014, Chinese-Israeli tech deals totaled $300 million, up from $50 million in 2013, according to Israel's National Economic Council. If tensions escalate further, Israel could risk finding its American and Chinese trade partners less forgiving of its delicate balance. [114] On September 2 2015, Fosun International made another investment in Israel where it agreed to purchase the Ahava cosmetics firm for NIS 300 million (US$77 million). [14], China's status as a potential world power has prompted Israel to maintain close ties with the country and integrate China's global influence with Israel's economic management. The security risks of Chinese investment and construction could affect the Israel-U.S. relationship. Security concerns, both domestic and from Washington, have shaped Israels sales to China from the beginning. In November 2008, then China Ambassador to the United States Yesui Zhang stated that the "continued construction of settlements on the West Bank is not only in violation of Israel's obligations under international law, but is also detrimental to guaranteeing Israel's own security." It appears, however, that the top issue in United States foreign policy, the strategic competition with China, was barely referenced. [80] In January 2015, a number of Chinese information technology companies began to make investments in Israel, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba invested an undisclosed sum in Visualead, an Israeli company specialising in QR code technology. [26] China was similarly represented by a branch of the China International Travel Service, which also opened in 1990. The United States and Israel, a recipient of over $3 billion in U.S. military aid, often co-develop weapons and coordinate their sales to ensure that sensitive technology doesnt fall into enemy hands. [65][66][67], Israel has provided China with military assistance, expertise and technology. . The statement was designed to further research and development efforts in four fields: pandemic preparedness, including early warning and rapid countermeasures; artificial intelligence for optimization in transportation, medicine, and agriculture; climate change response, including water, waste, and clean and renewable energy technologies; and scientific exchange programs in quantum computing and other areas. This sparked a heated discussion in the Israeli press and the academy, as well as a special discussion by the Israeli cabinet. click the link in that email to complete your registration. 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[35][37][34][39] The cultural similarities between the Chinese and Jewish civilizations with both nations originating thousands of years ago have drawn the two countries closer together making the two countries natural partners in the international community. WASHINGTON . Israeli agriculture trade fairs such as Agrivest and AgriTech have witnessed large Chinese delegations and greater participation from Chinese state-owned enterprises and private companies as Chinese's growing middle class and increasing consumer demand as well as increased pressure on agricultural land has prompted the East Asian giant to increasingly look at Israeli agriculture technology to boost crop yields and dairy production. One-third of the world's cybersecurity unicorns are in Israel. Renewing America, Backgrounder They both supplied weapons to the Afghan mujahideen (Israel sending captured PLO weapons via the United States and Pakistan), and military cooperation between the two began in order to assist the Islamic resistance against the Soviets. Once registered, youll receive our Daily Edition email for free. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2020. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR3176.html. No further sales of military technology between China and Israel havebeen reported since. Roughly 15 hours later . A large part of the money came from the profits he made from the IPO of Waze, an Israeli GPS-based map software company, in which he held an 11 percent stake that eventually acquired by Google. [84], In March 2015, Israel joined China's newly constituted Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), becoming a founding member of the institution postulating that Israel may become a major economic ally of China. [134] During the November 2012 Operation Pillar of Defense in the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China urged all sides to display restraint. [7] China is Israel's third largest trading partner globally and largest trading partner in East Asia. In fact, China is Israel's second-largest trading partner and source of foreign investment by country, after the United States. Washington D.C. 20036 November 4, 2022 China hopes to control Israeli infrastructure, like it will control Iranian infrastructure while using Israel as a fertile ground to source technology, either by buying it or by stealing it. Canada bans TikTok from government devices over security concerns. Israels flourishing semiconductor industry is illustrative. The CCP, adept at this game, left no stone unturned in pursuing its endeavor. 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What makes the whole story more complicated is that another Israeli ally, India, despite having border tensions with China and locked in a battle of dominance in South Asia with China, continues to double its trade with the Peoples Republic. During the 1955 AsianAfrican Conference, China (under the PRC) expressed support for the Palestinian right of return, but refrained from denying Israel's right to exist and secretly pursued trade ties with the Israelis. [22] Reportedly, a large number of the heavy tanks used in China's 1984 National Day parades were retrofitted by Israel from captured Six-Day War equipment.[23]. [84][85] Israel has sought China's enormous global influence on world affairs, large consumer market, broad industrial manufacturing scale, and burgeoning economic dynamism while China has sought Israel as a powerhouse of advanced technological wizardry and a wellspring of entrepreneurial acumen leveraging each other's complementary capabilities and resources. [33], Some say the Chinese have developed a favorable view of Jews, admiring them for their contributions to humanity, their ability to survive and the sharing of Chinese values such as family, frugality, hard work, and education, and being products of ancient civilizations. [23], China and Israel secretly began building military ties in the 1980s during the SovietAfghan War, which both Israel and China opposed. ExAblate: InSightec. In addition, U.S. companies have established 344 R&D centers in the country, Chinese companies only 9. A technologically robust Israel can gain from being pinched in a technology triangle as long as it maintains well-thought-out controls on dual-use technologies. Other countries, including the U.S., work to lure top IP . [121][102], Israel's increasing defense cooperation with China has caused concern in Western nations, particularly the United States, which is the largest foreign supplier of military equipment to Israel. 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