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January 11, 2022

Beijing’s Popular, Hebrew-Speaking PR Man in Israel Masks an Unequal Power Dynamic

Meet “Chinese Itzik.”

In the coastal city of Haifa, a new, expanded, and fully modernized port has just opened—run by a Chinese company. The project raised eyebrows in Washington, tied to to long-running disagreements over the implications of Jerusalem’s economic relations with Beijing. Matti Friedman explores the issue by profiling a man known as “Chinese Itzik,” the Communist country’s Hebrew-speaking, media-savvy public-relations man in Israel:

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January 11, 2022

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