China is hosting talks between the two main Palestinian factions, but expectations are low.

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China is hosting talks between the two main ************ factions, but expectations are low.

Top officials from ****** and ******, the two rival ************ factions, are meeting in Beijing this week as China seeks to show it is playing a ******* role in diplomacy in the Middle East.

But expectations for any substantial progress are low. Previous attempts to mediate between ****** and ****** — including a meeting in Beijing in April — ******* to produce tangible results. The two groups have a fraught history and have been at loggerheads for years, each trying to present itself as the legitimate leader of the ************ people and wary that the other will undermine its power.

The meetings in Beijing instead appear to be a move by China to position itself as a peace broker after its success negotiating a deal between Saudi Arabia and Iran last year. Beijing is not involved in the cease-***** talks between ******* and ****** that are being led by Qatar, Egypt, and the ******* States, but ************ experts have said cooperation between ****** and ****** is critical to discussions about a postwar future in Gaza.

****** and ****** both dispatched top officials to the ******** capital for the meetings, as did other smaller ************ factions.

Earlier this month, Mousa Abu Marzouk, a senior ****** official, said Ismail Haniyeh, the chairman of ******’s political office, would be attending the meetings, but participants said Mr. Haniyeh was not present.

Mustafa Barghouti, the chairman of the ************ National Initiative, one of the smaller factions, said progress had made been achieved at the meetings in Beijing, but he cautioned that the real test would be whether ****** and ****** take steps to improve cooperation on the ground.

Wang Yi, China’s top diplomat, was expected to meet with ****** and ****** on Tuesday. China’s Foreign Ministry did not respond to a request for comment. In response to questions about the meetings at a news conference on Monday, a spokeswoman for the foreign ministry said, “China has always firmly supported the just cause of the ************ people to restore their legitimate national rights,” adding that details of the meetings would be released “in due course.”

******** diplomats are unlikely to take any bold steps that could risk exposing the limits of their own clout, said Robert Mogielnicki, a senior resident scholar at the ***** Gulf States Institute in Washington.

“******** officials will offer an international platform for their regional partners,” he said. “But the overarching goal here is to enhance Beijing’s global stature.”

************ analysts were similarly pessimistic, citing significant obstacles.

****** and ****** traveled to Beijing merely to placate their ******** hosts, said Akram Atallah, a ************ columnist for Al-Ayyam, a Ramallah-based newspaper.

“They’re not going to China to make deals, develop cooperation and build a political partnership,” he said. “They’re going to honor China’s role.”

Zixu Wang contributed reporting from Hong Kong.

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