Until the 1990s, when Israel’s increased engagement with Asia notably expanded, her relations with China, India and Japan were limited for three broad reasons.

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  2. https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/18/china-is-increasingly-becoming-key-for-israels-high-tech-industry.html
  3. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/israel-china-relations
  4. https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Chinas-investments-in-Israel-are-a-double-edged-sword-571409
  5. http://www.inss.org.il/publication/chinas-deputy-prime-minister-visits-egypt-israel-and-the-palestinian-authority/
  6. https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-senate-warns-israel-against-letting-china-run-haifa-port/
  7. https://www.gov.il/en/pages/israel-and-japan-take-first-steps-toward-free-trade-agreement-22-nov-2022
  8. https://www.naro.go.jp/english/topics/laboratory/naro/074129.html
  9. https://www.mofa.go.jp/press/release/press4e_002186.html
  10. Cohen, Yaacov. “The Improvement in Israeli-South Korean Relations,” Jewish Political Studies Review 18, No. 1/2 (2006): 105-18. Accessed October 5, 2020. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25834669.