https://www.scmp.com/rss/515283/feed Rachel Horne is a researcher at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis, focused on Chinese foreign policy. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com China helped broker a normalisation of long-fraught relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran earlier this month, a deal that came after years of attempted overtures between the two Arab countries. Beijing’s role in the forging the agreement and its desire to strengthen relations with both Iran and Saudi Arabia shows Chinese President Xi Jinping’s changing calculus. China is looking to move the focus of relations past trade and towards strategic, long-term interests. Last year’s China-Gulf... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3215217/china-saudi-relationship-evolving-beyond-oil-help-reshape-middle-east?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3215217/china-saudi-relationship-evolving-beyond-oil-help-reshape-middle-east?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 31 Mar 2023 19:30:09 +0000