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  • China’s exports rise unexpectedly, but economists warn of weakness ahead

    China's exports unexpectedly surged in March, with officials flagging rising demand for electric vehicles, but analysts cautioned the improvement partly reflects suppliers catching up with unfulfilled orders after last year's COVID-19 disruptions. Exports in March shot up 14.8% from a year ago, snapping five straight months of declines and stunning economists who predicted a 7.0% fall in a Reuters poll.

  • One in four Americans now sees China as an enemy of the US

    Registered Republicans and Republican-leaning independents are nearly twice as likely as registered Democrats and Democrat-leaning independents to view Beijing as an enemy. But the share of Democrats who describe China as a foe has more than doubled since March 2022, from 12% to 27%. The share of Democrats who think of China as a partner has more than halved over the same period, to 7%. According to Pew, 83% of US adults have unfavorable views of China, versus 14% with favorable views.

  • China’s Sinopec to take stake in Qatar’s North Field East

    China's Sinopec will take a stake in the eastern expansion of Qatar's North Field liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, state energy company QatarEnergy said on Wednesday. The state-owned Chinese gas giant will take a 5% stake in the equivalent of one North Field East LNG train with capacity of 8 million tonnes per year, a QatarEnergy statement said.

  • A Flirtation With China Won’t Rock the Saudi-US Marriage

    Saudi Arabia is spreading its wings, but it’s doing so within a US umbrella. And it’s being very careful not to challenge the fundamental partnership with Washington. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the US is increasingly recognizing that security control of the three key waterways around the Middle East (the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and Persian Gulf) and the three crucial choke points (the Suez Canal, Bab al-Mandab and the Strait of Hormuz) is one of the most significant American competitive advantages in great power competition with China.

  • Saudi Arabian, Iranian Foreign Ministers Hold Meeting in China As Ties Warm

    Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan and his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amirabdollahian discussed steps toward reopening their embassies and other bilateral issues, Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported. The countries vowed to “eliminate any obstacles in the way of expanding cooperation” and grow security and trade ties, according to a joint statement published by Iran’s foreign ministry.

  • ‘Win-win’: Washington is just fine with the China-brokered Saudi-Iran deal

    “Not everything between the U.S. and China has to be a zero-sum game,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), who leads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s Middle East panel. Plus, he said, better relations between Riyadh and Tehran means that there will be less conflict in the region, which would lower the chance of the United States getting dragged into a fighting in the Middle East. “I don’t know why we would perceive there to be a downside to de-escalation between Saudi Arabia and Iran.”

  • Top Saudi, Iranian diplomats to meet in China, say media, officials

    The top envoys for Saudi Arabia and Iran will meet in Beijing on Thursday, an Iranian official and a Saudi-owned newspaper said, as the two regional rivals work to hash out next steps of their diplomatic rapprochement amid a China-brokered deal. The meeting between Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amirabdollahian, will be the first formal meeting between Saudi Arabia and Iran's most senior diplomats in more than seven years.

  • Top Saudi, Iranian diplomats to meet in China, say media, officials

    The top envoys for Saudi Arabia and Iran will meet in Beijing on Thursday, an Iranian official and a Saudi-owned newspaper said, as the two regional rivals work to hash out next steps of their diplomatic rapprochement amid a China-brokered deal. The meeting between Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud and his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amirabdollahian, will be the first formal meeting between Saudi Arabia and Iran's most senior diplomats in more than seven years.

  • What Saudi Arabia’s Shanghai Cooperation deal means for China and the region

    "With the emergence of China as a rising international power, Riyadh does not want China's relations in the region to be limited to strategic relations only with Iran," said Al-Otaibi. "Saudi Arabia aims to strengthen the Gulf and Arab weight in the circle of China's relations with the region."

  • Inside story: Is China about to host Iranian, Saudi chief diplomats?

    After their fourth contact in less than three weeks, the foreign ministers of Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to meet “in the coming days.” After ambiguity over the location of the gathering, Amwaj.media has learned, China has emerged as one likely option. The slow but steady movement towards a face-to-face encounter between the chief diplomats comes in the wake of the Mar. 10 announcement by Riyadh and Tehran that diplomatic ties will be resumed within two months. The Kingdom cut ties with the Islamic Republic in 2016 in response to the storming of its diplomatic facilities by Iranian protesters over the execution of a dissident Saudi Shiite cleric.