This paper explores how cultural developments help us to better understand Sino-Saudi ties in the 21st century,Saudi“Vision 2030”,and China’s“One Belt and One Road Initiative”(OBOR).For much of the last decade,sc...This paper explores how cultural developments help us to better understand Sino-Saudi ties in the 21st century,Saudi“Vision 2030”,and China’s“One Belt and One Road Initiative”(OBOR).For much of the last decade,scholarly studies of Sino-Saudi ties have focused on the energy trade between the two states,with relatively little attention paid to other economic or cultural factors.By contrast,this article argues that Sino-Saudi ties deserve an alternative approach.While it recognizes the role of oil and energy in the bilateral relationship,it argues that the Sino-Saudi relationship in the future will be increasingly defined by economic and,remarkably,cultural ties that are not directly tied to the energy trade.A critical part of this process will be OBOR,and Vision 2030,the latter looking to non-oil industries,including arts and culture,to transform Saudi Arabia and its political and economic ties with Asia.展开更多
文摘This paper explores how cultural developments help us to better understand Sino-Saudi ties in the 21st century,Saudi“Vision 2030”,and China’s“One Belt and One Road Initiative”(OBOR).For much of the last decade,scholarly studies of Sino-Saudi ties have focused on the energy trade between the two states,with relatively little attention paid to other economic or cultural factors.By contrast,this article argues that Sino-Saudi ties deserve an alternative approach.While it recognizes the role of oil and energy in the bilateral relationship,it argues that the Sino-Saudi relationship in the future will be increasingly defined by economic and,remarkably,cultural ties that are not directly tied to the energy trade.A critical part of this process will be OBOR,and Vision 2030,the latter looking to non-oil industries,including arts and culture,to transform Saudi Arabia and its political and economic ties with Asia.
