Iran’s emergence as the pillar of China’s Gulf policy coincided with the decline of Arab countries’ position after the Cold War. Syria was greatly weakened with the retreat of the Soviet Union from the Middle East, Iraq was under continuous sanctions and became isolated, and both Egypt and Jordan realized peace with Israel. The Arab world was highly disintegrated and its position declined to some extent. China established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1992 to treat Israel and Arab countries equally and to implement a hedging policy among this regional uncertainty.