https://www.scmp.com/rss/324233/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The “Belt and Road” international trade initiative is bold, inspiring and potentially an engine for improving economic, political and security realities among the nations involved. Credit is due to China’s President Xi Jinping and his government for launching the idea and their willingness to pursue it politically and financially. That is what all the political leaders in the Middle East will be saying at the summit on the initiative to be held later this month in Beijing. They’re right, but... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2093758/opinion-belt-and-road-initiative-can-help-slowly-heal?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2093758/opinion-belt-and-road-initiative-can-help-slowly-heal?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 May 2017 00:33:42 +0000 King Salman of Saudi Arabia and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were both in Beijing last week. The fact they did not meet there is not evidence of China’s lack of influence in the Middle East. Even if they were simultaneously in Washington, they would still ignore each other. It is much too early for the two to be seen together in public. But their visit did indicate the growing Chinese presence in the Middle East and the recognition of Chinese prowess, certainly economically, by... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2082673/comment-why-us-allies-israel-saudi-arabia-are-cosying?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2082673/comment-why-us-allies-israel-saudi-arabia-are-cosying?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 28 Mar 2017 02:00:30 +0000