https://www.scmp.com/rss/327945/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In the wake of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, there is a sense that US-Saudi relations are especially strained, and that China’s influence in Saudi Arabia could increase as a result. While leaders in Beijing and Riyadh are certainly drawing closer together, a natural result of shared economic interests, it is far too early to assume that China is capable of – or interested in – replacing the USA as the dominant external power in the Gulf. At the same time, the inconsistent American response to the... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2170544/how-us-reaction-jamal-khashoggi-murder-could-see-china-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/2170544/how-us-reaction-jamal-khashoggi-murder-could-see-china-and?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 28 Oct 2018 12:34:27 +0000 The eighth Ministerial Meeting of the China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF) was held last week, bringing the foreign ministers of the 22 Arab League member states together with their Chinese counterpart, State Councilor Wang Yi. Not surprisingly, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was a central focus of the meeting. The CASCF was begun in 2004 as a mechanism to promote Sino-Arab cooperation on political, economic and cultural issues. The Ministerial Meeting takes place every two years,... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2155258/china-belt-and-road-run-through-middle-east?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2155258/china-belt-and-road-run-through-middle-east?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 14 Jul 2018 14:03:59 +0000