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China-Saudi relations
![The Elephant in the Room During Xi's Trip to Saudi Arabia: Iran The Elephant in the Room During Xi's Trip to Saudi Arabia: Iran](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-20_16-09-20.jpg)
The Elephant in the Room During Xi's Trip to Saudi Arabia: Iran
By Shannon Tiezzi
By keeping a tight focus on bilateral ties, China hoped to avoid upsetting Iran during Xi's first trip to Saudi Arabia.
![Is China's President About to Make His First Trip to the Middle East? Is China's President About to Make His First Trip to the Middle East?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2013-12-31_15-07-03.jpg)
Is China's President About to Make His First Trip to the Middle East?
By Shannon Tiezzi
A planned trip in 2015 was scuttled due to regional tensions. Will Xi's 2016 Middle East tour share the same fate?
![China's Stake in the Saudi Arabia-Iran Clash China's Stake in the Saudi Arabia-Iran Clash](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-07_16-11-57.jpg)
China's Stake in the Saudi Arabia-Iran Clash
By Shannon Tiezzi
China sends an envoy to Riyadh and Tehran to discuss the latest flare-up in tensions.
![China’s Energy Security Achilles Heel: Middle Eastern Oil China’s Energy Security Achilles Heel: Middle Eastern Oil](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-09-08_11-26-56.jpg)
China’s Energy Security Achilles Heel: Middle Eastern Oil
By Owen Daniels and Chris Brown
China’s reliance on Middle Eastern oil is a very real threat to the stability of the global economic order
![Revealed: How the Yemen Crisis Wrecked Xi Jinping's Middle East Travel Plans Revealed: How the Yemen Crisis Wrecked Xi Jinping's Middle East Travel Plans](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2013-12-31_15-07-03.jpg)
Revealed: How the Yemen Crisis Wrecked Xi Jinping's Middle East Travel Plans
By Mu Chunshan
Xi's planned trip to Saudi Arabia was scrapped, and even his visit to Pakistan faced complications.
![China's Xi To Make First Middle East Trip China's Xi To Make First Middle East Trip](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2013-12-31_15-07-03.jpg)
China's Xi To Make First Middle East Trip
By Mu Chunshan
China's president will travel to Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia this April.
![China: A Major Power in the Middle East? China: A Major Power in the Middle East?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-04-01_11-52-05.jpg)
China: A Major Power in the Middle East?
By Andy Polk
U.S. policy is creating an opening for China in the Middle East, which Beijing is exploiting skillfully.
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