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摘要

Young, bold and media-sawy are not adjectives usually attached to the Saudi Arabian monarchy. But desperate times and a new king have produced just such a figure in Prince Mohammed bin-Salman. The30-year-old royal jumped onto investors' radar last month, when he hinted at plans to privatize state monopoly Saudi Arabian Oil Co. in an interview with the Economist. Buthe'sbeen busy with much more since his father, Salman, ascended to the throne in January 2015. Young Mohammed was quickly elevated to deputy crown prince, second in line to succeed his dad, with a mandate to modernize the kingdom's bureaucratic and paternalistic economy. He also took over as Defense minister, just in time to head a Saudi-led coalition of Sunni Muslim states against Shiite rebels in neighboring Yemen.