United Arab Emirates → China
This score represents United Arab Emirates's relationship toward China. The reverse direction is calculated separately and shown alongside it.
SIX-COMPONENT MODEL
Current component scores
Component values run from −100 to +100 and are combined with the published weights.
No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.
Why this score?
The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.
Coverage gap: The reviewed official record does not establish a frozen bilateral security rule or mutual-defence obligation.
2 documented factors produce the +30 diplomacy assessment.
Why this score?
- +10Recurring institutional dialogueBaseline rule · 2015
The official bilateral record supports the frozen recurring institutional dialogue criterion for China and the United Arab Emirates in 2015.
- +20Comprehensive strategic partnership establishedActive event · 2018
The 2018 upgrade broadened political and economic cooperation beyond the 2015 baseline.
4 documented factors produce the +30 economic assessment.
Why this score?
- +15Institutional economic cooperationBaseline rule · 2015
The official bilateral record supports the frozen institutional economic cooperation criterion for China and the United Arab Emirates in 2015.
- +20Bilateral trade thresholdBaseline rule · 2015
Reported trade activates the absolute methodology route using the latest observation available for this year.
- +15Comprehensive strategic partnership establishedActive event · 2018
The 2018 upgrade broadened political and economic cooperation beyond the 2015 baseline.
- -20Annual methodology 1.1 recalculationAnnual recalculation · 2026
The current component replaces the 2015 quantitative threshold or time-bounded structural package with the evidence applicable in the selected year.
2 documented factors produce the +25 alignment assessment.
Why this score?
- +15United Nations voting alignmentBaseline rule · 2015
A rolling three-year comparison of UN General Assembly votes activates the alignment threshold.
- +10Comprehensive strategic partnership establishedActive event · 2018
The 2018 upgrade broadened political and economic cooperation beyond the 2015 baseline.
1 documented factor produce the +15 disputes assessment.
Why this score?
- +15Managed and non-territorial bilateral orderBaseline rule · 2015
The official bilateral record supports the frozen managed and non-territorial bilateral order criterion for China and the United Arab Emirates in 2015.
No reviewed evidence met this component’s scoring threshold.
Why this score?
The model starts every component at zero. No documented condition or active event currently changes this one.
Coverage gap: The reviewed record does not establish national-scale people-to-people exchange meeting the frozen societal threshold.
+12 in 2015 → +17 in 2026
The change is generated from sourced events and frozen scoring rules, not retrospective editorial adjustment.
0 points
United Arab Emirates → China and China → United Arab Emirates remain independent assessments.
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Events affecting the current score
Comprehensive strategic partnership established
The 2018 upgrade broadened political and economic cooperation beyond the 2015 baseline.
This analytical score is not an objective fact, endorsement or prediction. Confidence reflects evidence coverage, while incomplete or unavailable observations remain explicit. Differences below 5 points are treated as practical ties rather than a meaningful ranking.
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