China–Morocco relations

China–Morocco relations refer to the bilateral relations between China and Morocco. China and Morocco established diplomatic relations in November 1958.[1]

China–Morocco relations

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Chinese development finance to Morocco

From 2000 to 2012, there are approximately 36 Chinese official development finance projects identified in Morocco through various media reports.[2] These projects range from a $248 million MOU with the Export-Import Bank of China to build the Berchid-Beni Mellal highway in 2011,[3] to a CNY 150 million preferential loan agreement in Rabat to build and equip eight private general hospitals in various regions in Morocco.[4]

In November 2016, Morocco announced it is currently planning to develop a new economic hub in the north of the country, with the assistance of development organisations and Chinese multinationals, including the international aeronautics firm Haite Group, Morocco-China International and BMCE Bank of Africa. The project is projected to cost $US11 billion.[5]

Human rights

In June 2020, Morocco was one of 53 countries that backed the Hong Kong national security law at the United Nations.[6]

Education

Three Confucius Institutes were established in Morocco, the first on March 2008 at the Mohammed V University, the second on May 2012 at Hassan II Casablanca University, and the third at the Abdelmalek Essaâdi University on September 2016.[7]

References
  1. "Morocco : China". China.org.cn. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  2. Austin Strange, Bradley C. Parks, Michael J. Tierney, Andreas Fuchs, Axel Dreher, and Vijaya Ramachandran. 2013. China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection. CGD Working Paper 323. Washington DC: Center for Global Development.
  3. Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection.http://aiddatachina.org/projects/2065
  4. Strange, Parks, Tierney, Fuchs, Dreher, and Ramachandran, China’s Development Finance to Africa: A Media-Based Approach to Data Collection.http://aiddatachina.org/projects/1819
  5. "Morocco Plans to Partner With China to Construct a New Industrial City". Railwaysafrica.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  6. Lawler, Dave (2 July 2020). "The 53 countries supporting China's crackdown on Hong Kong". Axios. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  7. Yellinek, Roie; Mann, Yossi; Lebel, Udi (2020-11-01). "Chinese Soft-Power in the Arab world – China's Confucius Institutes as a central tool of influence". Comparative Strategy. 39 (6): 517–534. doi:10.1080/01495933.2020.1826843. ISSN 0149-5933.
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