{"id":2012284,"date":"2023-08-25T16:38:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T20:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-boasts-of-nuclear-cooperation-with-saudi-arabia\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T16:40:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T20:40:01","slug":"china-boasts-of-nuclear-cooperation-with-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-boasts-of-nuclear-cooperation-with-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"China and Saudi Arabia proudly collaborate on nuclear endeavors."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-boasts-of-nuclear-cooperation-with-saudi-arabia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2012284&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>China and Saudi Arabia: A Symbiotic Relationship in the Nuclear Sector<\/h2>\n<p>A\u2063 Chinese official recently boasted about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-strengthens-diplomatic-ties-with-iran-russia\/\" title=\"China strengthens diplomatic ties with Iran, Russia\">comprehensive strategic partnership<\/a> between China and Saudi Arabia, particularly in the field \u200cof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brexit-trade-deal-published-as-uk-calls-for-end-to-ugly-divisions\/\" title=\"Brexit trade deal published as UK calls for end to \u2018ugly\u2019 divisions\">civil nuclear energy<\/a>. Wang Wenbin, the\u2062 Chinese Foreign Ministry \u200dspokesman, emphasized that China will continue to engage in mutually beneficial cooperation with Saudi Arabia while strictly adhering to international non-proliferation obligations.<\/p>\n<p>This optimistic outlook comes in light of reports suggesting that Saudi Arabia may collaborate with a state-owned Chinese company in the construction of a nuclear plant.\u200c This\u200c development coincides with Saudi Arabia&#8217;s interest in joining BRICS, a bloc \u2062of developing economies\u2063 championed by China and\u200c Russia to challenge the global influence of the United States and its allies. Additionally, a conciliatory meeting between Saudi and Iranian officials hosted\u2064 by Beijing in \u200cJune further\u200b solidified this emerging\u200d partnership.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. \u200bCarla Freeman, a China expert at the United States Institute of Peace, believes that \u200bthis move by Saudi Arabia serves as a diplomatic message to the\u2062 West. It demonstrates\u200b that \u200cSaudi Arabia has new allies and \u2063options beyond the United States, providing them with leverage in negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>This evolving dynamic within the U.S.-Saudi alliance could\u200b have immediate implications as Saudi officials attempt to pressure Washington into making nuclear-related concessions. This\u200c occurs against the \u2062backdrop of U.S. efforts to bring Saudi Arabia into the Abraham Accords with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal reports that the United States has\u2062 conditioned its\u200b nuclear aid on Saudi Arabia&#8217;s agreement not to enrich or mine uranium within the kingdom. These nonproliferation \u2063requirements are not sought by China. Concerns have been raised\u2063 that Saudi Arabia&#8217;s pursuit of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-agrees-to-1-month-extension-of-nuclear-site\/\" title=\"Iran agrees to 1 month extension of nuclear site\">nuclear energy program<\/a> could pave the way for the development of \u200dnuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p>According to \u200bthe report, Saudi Crown Prince \u200cMohammed\u2064 bin Salman, also known as MBS, is prepared to move forward with the \u200cChinese\u200b company. Saudi officials view\u200b this exploration as a means to pressure the Biden administration into compromising on nonproliferation requirements.<\/p>\n<p>It appears that Saudi Arabian officials are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-boasts-of-nuclear-cooperation-with-saudi-arabia\/\" title=\"China and Saudi Arabia proudly collaborate on nuclear endeavors.\">actively cultivating\u2062 multiple geopolitical options<\/a> in full view of the Biden administration. They could choose to normalize relations with Israel in a U.S.-backed arrangement to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colonial-pipeline-looks-for-a-cyber-security-manager-following-ransomware-attack\/\" title=\"Colonial Pipeline Looks For A Cyber Security Manager Following Ransomware Attack\">address potential threats<\/a> in\u200c the Middle \u200dEast. Alternatively, they could seek to mitigate their rivalry with Iran under Chinese auspices.<\/p>\n<p>While some analysts believe that Saudi Arabia is\u200b playing a risky game by simultaneously reaching out\u2063 to \u2063China and using it as leverage in Washington,\u2064 Wang Wenbin, \u200bthe Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, expresses great satisfaction with the mutually\u200d beneficial and friendly cooperation between the two nations. He believes that this partnership\u200d has brought tangible\u200c benefits to both peoples.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China and Saudi Arabia share a symbiotic bond in the nuclear industry, according to a Chinese official. Amid growing concerns from the West, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin emphasized their comprehensive strategic partnership and commitment to mutually beneficial collaboration across multiple sectors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2012285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}