China’s Friendly Cooperative Relations with Tunisia in the Age of the New Silk Road Initiative

This article examines aspects behind the China-Tunisia friendly cooperative relations. It looks at the synergies between the Belt and Road Initiative and Tunisia’s economy and geographically strategic location to understand the extent of economic dimension and bilateral relations between the two nations. The main argument is that the PRC’s relationship with Tunisia is based on shared or mutually complementary commercial interests and a strategic geographical location, which especially support Tunisia’s economic growth, industrialization, and social development through integration in the BRI framework.