The Sino-American accord on Gaza

DISCLAIMER: This essay is not an opinion piece about Gaza. After all, my goal is to attract readership. Besides, my expertise is not in politics. This essay is an exercise in “absurdism”. I have always been enthralled with the “Theatre of the Absurd” and wanted to use that artform in writing this piece. This piece contains many nuanced subtleties. It is for the reader to locate them.

Washington, D.C., February 30, 2025  (Appointed Press)- The United States and China achieved an unprecedented landmark decision with regards to Gaza. Standing with General Secretary Xi Jinping of China on the East Lawn of the White House, the President declared, “this is a remarkable day in the world and our two countries. This is tremendous.”

The President and Xi  (1)

In lifting the tariffs placed on China, China has agreed to relocate all of the Gazans to Urho City in Xinjiang, China. The Xinjiang province, or the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is located in the northwest sector of China. What makes this region unique is that fifty percent of the population are Muslim.

Map of XInjiang, China (in the orange)          (2) 

Urho City is one of dozens of ghost cities in China. During the last thirty years China has built fully developed cities that can accommodate up to 1-2million people. These cities are complete, with a whole infrastructure of schools, mass transit, luxury high rises, municipal buildings, art centers, and store fronts. These projects allowed average Chinese, who benefitted from the country’s boom, to invest in real estate since they were not allowed to invest their money overseas. It was a seemingly win-win situation.

These cities turned out to be a bust. They are almost totally empty; hence they are referred to as “Ghost Cities.”

Picture of Two Ghost Cities  (3)

Note the Empty Streets (Mandarin Blueprint 2024) (4)

China now has the opportunity to populate one of these ghost cities with Gazans. Urho City can accommodate two million people in luxury apartments, which is equal to the current population of Gaza.

Through international cooperation, China arranged that countries will partially subsidize the rents of these new immigrants. Thus, the owners of these properties will not lose their investment. The terms will be “lease to buy” to incentivize the Gazans to permanently live in this Moslem Region.

It was also arranged that China will be involved in the rebuilding of Gaza. The first priority will be for China to rehabilitate the international airport in Gaza which was destroyed due to Hamas’s aggressiveness towards Israel over the years. After that, there will be a major airlift of Gazans to Urho, a city which already has an international airport.

“This is a major victory for the Xinjiang Autonomous Region,” declared General Secretary Xi Jinping, “since there has been a significant major population decline in this region during the last twenty years.” Xi also added that the Gazans will begin their new lives by attending special schools that will teach them about Chinese culture, thus assisting them in acclimating to their new environment. Xi asserted that Xinjiang already has built “Reeducation Camps” throughout the province for this very reason.

Surprisingly, the Arab countries like Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf States fully endorse this plan. These countries will also be involved in the rebuilding of Gaza.  Plus, there has been quietude in the Palestinian areas in Judea/Samaria, Jordan and Lebanon.

“Never before”, shouted the President, “has every country in the world been unanimous about endorsing this plan. I believe it is peace for our time.”

Time will only tell.

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(1) China Morning Post Oct 2018

(2) RANE Worldview 2013 

(3) Mandarin Blueprint 2024

(4) Mandarin Blueprint 2024