In pursuing this political approach, Saudi Arabia has proven that it is not subordinate to any country, no matter how powerful, and it refuses to acquiesce to any form of political extortion.
The business community is more likely to feel the pain of worsening relations with China than anti-China politicians who sit in their offices sounding off and talking nonsense.
The change of tactic, in essence, is necessitated by the disadvantageous position many U.S. technology companies have found themselves in after their engineers were prohibited from working with Huawei to develop 5G standards.