There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests. Interests are the foundation of state-to-state cooperation and, more importantly, the foundation of state-to-state exchanges. At a time when cooperation between China and European countries is accelerating, I did not expect bad news from the Middle East. China's projects in the Middle East have been stolen by the United States, and the head of the Saudi AI Fund has directly stated that they will withdraw directly from China if the United States needs it.
I also said before that I would not take sides between China and the United States, but now I have made my attitude clear, will the relationship between China and Saudi Arabia usher in drastic changes? From being friendly to China and accelerating cooperation with China to now showing its fangs, Biden has successfully dug into the wall in the Middle East, and Saudi Arabia wants to turn back?
Biden succeeded, Saudi Arabia turned against water?
Cooperation is never static, and interests are not always the same. When everyone thought that China was gradually winning in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia suddenly expressed its attitude between China and the United States, and the Middle East game was once again confusing.
Recently, according to a Bloomberg report, a head of the Saudi AI Fund said at the global conference of the Milken Institute in California that "the cooperation between Saudi Arabia and China has brought doubts to the United States, and the foundation will withdraw its investment."
This sentence can be said to reflect Saudi Arabia's attitude, that is, Saudi Arabia will still consider the problem with the United States as the main body, rather than its own interests as the lead, at least in the field of AI investment.
And in addition to paying lip service to the fact that between China and the United States, the United States comes first, they also do the same. You must know that this so-called AI investment fund is not a small-scale fund, and its scale has reached nearly $100 billion.
As early as February this year, Alat Fund announced that it had reached a strategic agreement with Chinese enterprise Dahua Co., Ltd., and the two sides would jointly establish a joint venture company, with an investment scale of about 200 million US dollars. It can be said that this is the first cooperation between China and Saudi Arabia in the field of AI.
However, within a few months, Saudi Arabia turned its head to the United States, and even took the initiative to show goodwill to the United States, as long as the United States is willing, Al is willing to give up cooperation with China, that is, in order to cooperate with the United States, even if it tears up the cooperation agreement with China.
At the same time, Mida said that the United States is their first partner, and in the field of AI and semiconductors, the United States is their primary partner. In the future, it will reach cooperation with three U.S. companies around June.
It can be said that Alat's attitude is very clear, and it is also very rare. Some people may say that this is not the first time that the United States has given up cooperation with China because of the United States, so why is it rare this time?
In fact, last year, in order to prevent China's cooperation with Middle Eastern countries, the United States sent Blinken and others in person. Its G42 cooperation with Chinese companies ended hastily because of the coercion and temptation of the United States.
But you must know that the condition given by the US authorities is that the cooperation between the G42 and China threatens the security of the United States, so the US authorities took action, and even Microsoft took out $1.5 billion in investment in return.
It can be said that the last time the cooperation between China and Middle Eastern companies failed, it was mainly because of the long-arm jurisdiction of the US authorities. And even if the cooperation is yellow, the G42 has not stood up and said that between China and the United States, the United States gives priority.
This time, Alat did such a thing without any overt threat from the United States, and even put his attitude on the table, which has to make us more vigilant. Although it is a business cooperation, the reaction behind the attitude also has to be considered.
What's more, the most fierce competition between China and the United States is in the field of AI and semiconductors, and Alat's statement that he chose the United States at this time is even more intriguing.
Is the situation in the Middle East changing?
It can be said that every small reaction may hide more problems. What's more, at a time when the global situation is so sensitive, Saudi Arabia's response is even more indicative that the Middle East may usher in another change.
We all know that the economic foundation determines the superstructure, and in the current global turmoil, the most precious thing is "security", and at this time, Saudi Arabia's sudden need for cooperation with the United States has to make people suspicious.
And in the meantime, the relevant media refuted a rumor, that is, the assassination of the Saudi crown prince. At the same time, after Blinken's visit to China, the next stop of Blinken's visit was the Middle East, and Saudi Arabia was the first stop of his choice.
And Blinken's visit is certainly not to send money to Saudi Arabia, on the one hand, for the change of the situation in the Middle East, and on the other hand, to warn Saudi Arabia, that is, to limit Saudi Arabia's cooperation with China in technology, and at the same time restrict the use of Chinese technology.
It can be said that a big reason for Saudi Arabia's sudden statement this time is actually the influence of the United States. And in addition to this restriction by the United States, the bigger reason is the need of Saudi Arabia.
In the field of AI, more countries regard it as the key to the future of artificial intelligence, and whoever takes the lead or gets the key will get considerable returns in the next decade or even 20 years, similar to the mobile Internet.
In the field of AI, China and the United States are now leading countries, and other countries have long been left behind. Among China and the United States, due to the restrictions of the United States in the field of chips, China has always lagged behind the United States in the field of AI, which also makes Saudi Arabia hesitate.
At the same time, Altman, who was previously the founder of OpenAI, said that he wanted to obtain greater financing and beat Nvidia in the field of artificial intelligence chips, and the financing place he chose was the Middle East. And Saudi Arabia is a place that cannot be avoided.
Therefore, in the face of interests, Saudi Arabia still believes that the United States is more advantageous, so Saudi Arabia chooses to bet on the United States. We can also understand this, after all, it is not the first time that they win against whom, and it certainly will not be the last.
We can understand the sides and options of small countries, but this also exposes a problem, that is, although the United States is weakening, its influence in the Middle East is still increasing.
In the past, the United States could use security to tie the United States to its own chariot, so will the United States use technology to tie Saudi Arabia to its chariot again in the future?
We know that Saudi Arabia is now looking for a transformation, hoping to establish a certain manufacturing industry and high-tech industries in the Middle East, so as to avoid a single oil industry.
And now that the United States is isolating China and Saudi Arabia in this regard, and strengthening cooperation with Saudi Arabia in future technology, whether this will affect Saudi Arabia's future choices, this is very worthy of our attention.
After all, it is not only the ass that determines the interests, but also the head. Whether there will be new twists and turns in the future with the strengthening of the United States today requires our attention, and at the same time, we must also strengthen the filling of shortcomings in science and technology, after all, interests and hopes are also the driving force of unity.
The US conspiracy will not succeed
The trend has become that no amount of effort will only be delayed in time, but will not bring about a real change. Moreover, Saudi Arabia can abandon us and choose the United States today, and it will abandon the United States again in the future.
All the manifestations of small countries are in fact nothing but the result of the game of big countries. And today's performance of Saudi Arabia is actually a demonstration of the game between China and the United States, China has the upper hand, they will choose China a little more, the United States has the upper hand, they will choose the United States a little more, it can be said that this is understandable.
However, we must also see the essence of the problem, and in the final analysis, it is just the strength of China and the United States. If the dust settles on the game between China and the United States, I think they will know how to choose. For today's Saudi Arabia's choice, although it can be understood, it is also a little lonely.
And this also tells us that we need to make up for our shortcomings in more areas, so that they have no choice but to choose us, even in the face of the threat of the United States, I think they will not be reluctant to do so for the sake of interests, and will always choose different ways to avoid it.
The game of science and technology is not simply a question of who is ahead and who is behind, and this will also directly affect the country's strategic choice. If we were ahead in semiconductors and AI today, would Saudi Arabia still make such a choice?
I think Saudi Arabia will be a little more likely to choose us, but at least it won't be said so openly. Of course, there must also be suspicion of hype by the European and American media, the purpose of which is to create a gap between the two countries, so that the United States can take advantage of the opportunity.
We must also be vigilant against such a situation, after all, the United States is now using all kinds of indiscriminate means.
Moreover, in addition to the Middle East, there are other countries besides Saudi Arabia. At the same time as the United States hyped up this information, Iraq's oil and gas field bidding projects were also announced at the same time, that is, Chinese companies won five projects, while the United States, as a competitor, did not even get the pre-qualification qualifications.
From here, we can see that the United States has taken the lead in the cooperation project in Saudi Arabia on the surface, but what is hidden behind it is the great defeat of the United States. Moreover, today's U.S. efforts in the Middle East are merely aimed at slowing down the pace of defeat.
For us, we just need to move forward steadily, and don't disrupt our rhythm because of temporary gains and losses. At the same time, we must also accelerate the rapid completion of the shortcomings in science and technology and finance, only in this way can we attract more capital investment from the Middle East, and at the same time tie it to our forward chariot.
Therefore, the reason for everything is still the game between China and the United States, only to build ourselves invulnerable, the United States will naturally not be able to start, other countries will naturally make the right choice, everything today is just an episode, if you want to go out better, you still have to be self-reliant.
Information sources:
Sputnik News Agency: Bidding for Iraqi oilfield project: Chinese companies won 5 bids, and American companies did not pass the pre-examination
Bloomberg: A person in charge of the Saudi Artificial Intelligence Fund: If the United States asks for it, it is willing to withdraw from China
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