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"Sophia was created by American firm Hanson Robotics"

"Fan Bao, the chief executive of China Renaissance"

"Since Mohammed bin Salman was appointed as Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince in June"

"Neom, a futuristic city that the Saudi government wants to build from scratch"

"In 2009, CRCC won a $1.8 billion contract to build a new railway line in Saudi"

"When CCCC went public in Hong Kong in 2006, the billionaire Saudi prince invested $700 million in the state-controlled infrastructure firm"

"Aramco's chief executive Amin Nasser"

"Charles Li, chief executive of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing"

"big-name supporters such as Softbank's Masayoshi Son"

"Stephen Schwarzman's Blackstone"

"Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman, the driving force behind the float"

"CEFC China Energy has done something similar in Russia, acquiring 14% of Rosneft for $9 billion"

"Closer ties between China and Saudi Arabia may also extend to the international debt markets"

"awarded a $3.9 billion contract for a 700 megawatt solar power plant to a consortium comprising Shanghai Electric and Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power"