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19 countries that are siding with China on the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony for Liu Xiaobo

China has warned there would be "consequences" for the nations that supported jailed Chinese dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo.

Saudi Arabia and Iran

  • By Ariel Zirulnick Correspondent
  • Jenna Fisher Staff writer

Over the past 25 years, China has expanded its political relations, economic trade, and arms transfers to countries in the Middle East, and especially to Saudi Arabia and Iran. It's a familiar tale: Countries feed China's growing oil appetite. China supplies aid on technological advancement.

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