During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the kingdom, Saudi Arabia and China signed a series of bilateral agreements, symbolic of deepening ties between the two countries. The US, watched on warily with the agreements being yet another signal of the growing rift between traditional allies Saudi Arabia and the United States. Today, Saudi Arabia is the world’s top oil exporter while China is the world’s biggest energy consumer. The Indian Express delves deeper into the relationship between China and Saudi Arabia, the agreements that were signed, and their implication on global geopolitics. Current relationship between Saudi Arabia and China...