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Actually in the battle two third of the Chinese army were made up of Turkish mercenaries and Ferghana troops ,sadly during that fight they betrayed usWrong. Arabs defeated Chinese in the battle of Talas in 750.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Talas
All Arab empires were larger than the largest Chinese empire. Chinese were and are the dominating force (culturally as well) in Eastern Asia as Arabs are it in the Middle East/Western Asia and North Africa.
Chinese culture/influence did not reach much territory outside of China proper. Only tiny Korea and isolated islands that later became Japan. Arab culture on the other hand is a different beast. Case in point Senegal and Western Papua. Those two places have a lot in common that is connected with Arab influence.
Even the areas where a large Chinese diaspora is present, a similarly large Arab diaspora is present. Case in point Indonesia, Malaysia etc. Here the two largest non-native populations are Arab and Han Chinese.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_Indonesians
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Indonesians
Singapore another example.
We have people in KSA of Chinese origins (Hui mostly but also Uyghur) who have lived in KSA for 1000 + years due to Hajj and Umrah. One of our most high-ranking generals is a Hui Chinese. There are China towns in cities in KSA, Ta'if for example. More Chinese live in the UAE than anywhere else in the region.
Anyway Arabs and Chinese were allies for centuries and had cordial ties outside of that 1 battle. Today is the same case. I respect Chinese more than most others.
Arabs were the only people at the Chinese Emperors court who refused to bow down to him. This usually carried the death penalty. The Chinese Emperor did not execute due to the respect for the two greatest contemporary powers of the time back then.
Written by Chinese chroniclers.
An Arab envoy presented horses and a girdle to the Chinese in 713, but he refused to pay homage to the Emperor, said, he said "In my country we only bow to God never to a Prince". The first thing the court was going to do was to murder the envoy, however, a minister intervened, saying "a difference in the court etiquette of foreign countries ought not to be considered a crime." A second Arab envoy performed the required rituals and paid homage to the Emperor in 726 A.D. He was gifted with a "purple robe and a girdle".[32]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Arab_relations
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