赠送黄金步枪，受到热情拥抱，在面临西方孤立之后，沙特王子开始亚洲行 [美国媒体]

"In Pakistan, the Crown Princesigned tentative agreements for $20 billion of investment, which included a $10billion agreement to establish an oil refinery in the southwestern coastal cityof Gwadar. That port is a key part of the $46 billion China-Pakistan EconomicCorridor, further intertwining the interests of Saudi and China. TheGwadar port is a key part of China's investment in Pakistan.

在巴基斯坦，萨勒曼王储与巴基斯坦签署了200亿美元的投资协议意向书。其中就包括在西南地区的瓜达尔港地区建设一座100亿美元的炼油厂的计划。中巴经济走廊投资460亿美元，这个港口就是中巴经济走廊计划的其中一个组成部分。沙特对于该港口的投资进一步的密切了沙特与中国之间的关系。



在中国，萨勒曼王储没有像在巴基斯坦那样受到英雄一般的礼遇。在沙特王储抵达中国的几天之前，中国对外宣布，中国希望能够与沙特的主要竞争对手伊朗之间建立战略互信的关系。但是，富尔顿说，对沙特王储而言，中国比印度和巴基斯坦都更加重要，他希望能够在北京寻找到一些投资方面的机会。上周五，在与中国的领导人会晤之后，萨勒曼王储与中国签署了一系列的协议，这些协议涉及到政治，航运，能源等各个领域。更为重要的是，两个国家同意在推进一带一路和愿景2030两个项目上进行合作。



Bin Salman also signed a $10 billion refinery and petrochemicalproject deal. SaudiCrown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman with Chinese ambassador to Saudi Arabia, LiHuaxin, at the Great Wall of China, in February 2019.Both leaders refrainedform criticizing the other.Xi remained quiet on the Khashoggi issue, and binSalman avoided pushing Beijing on its treatment of its Muslim minorities.Instead, he supported China's anti-terrorism efforts."We respect andsupport China's rights to take counter-terrorism and de-extremism measures tosafeguard national security. We stand ready to strengthen cooperation withChina," bin Salman said, according to state news outlet GlobalTimes."Saudi has its own problem with extreme Islamist groups, so as longas China keeps saying its Xinjiang (camps are a) response to splittism andterrorism ... that gives them an out," says Fulton.Bin Salman's work,however, paled in comparison to the $65 billion in trade agreements his fathersigned with Beijing two years ago. But for Ehteshami of Durham Universitythe photo-ops and fanfare bin Salman received alone mean the visit to Asia wasa win for Saudi, regardless of how much investment he brought home."Itssignal to the West was, You may shun me, but I'm not alone."

2019年2月，沙特王储萨勒曼与中国驻沙特大使李华新在中国长城进行合影。两国的领导人都尽量避免批评对方。中国在哈舒吉问题上保持沉默。同时，萨勒曼王储也对中国表现了友好的态度。萨勒曼王储提出，沙特支持中国的反恐行为。沙特尊重并支持中国为维护国家安全所采取的反恐行动。他表示，沙特阿拉伯随时准备加强与中国之间的合作关系。在极端伊斯兰组织方面，沙特阿拉伯也面临着一些问题。但是，在两年之前，他的父亲在北京与中国签署了650亿美元的贸易协定。与这个金额比起来，萨勒曼王储的努力看起来就有点相形见黜了。但是，对杜伦大学的埃赫塔米来说，萨勒曼王储的亚洲行受到了热烈的欢迎。这意味着沙特阿拉伯对于亚洲的这一次访问起到了非常积极的效果。至于沙特阿拉伯所获取投资的金额，这本身也没有那么的要紧。通过萨勒曼王储的这次访问，沙特阿拉伯向西方国家发出了非常明确的信号——你可以孤立我，但是我还是有很多的朋友，沙特并不孤单。