RIYADH (AFP): Chinese President Xi Jinping met Saudi Arabia's powerful crown prince on Thursday (Dec 8) on an Arab outreach visit that will yield billions of dollars in deals and has earned a rebuke from Washington.
About US$30 billion in agreements will be signed on Thursday, Saudi state media said, as China seeks to shore up its Covid-hit economy and as the Saudis, long-term US allies, push to diversify their economic and political alliances.
