Illustration by Alexander Ho for TIMEHow Chinese Energy Politics Will Reshape the Middle East -- Rana Foroohar, Time
China’s going to import a lot more oil from Iran and the Arab world over the next two decades. America will import far less. Those two facts will profoundly change the geopolitics of the Middle East.
Two of the biggest news stories of the week have been growing tensions between Iran and Israel, and Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping’s five-day tour of the U.S. to bolster relationships between the two nations, which have taken a hit in recent months due to trade and currency posturing. While there’s been plenty of commentary on both issues, these two stories are crucially related in a way that most of the press hasn’t explored.
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My Comment: The statement that Chinese energy politics will reshape the Middle East ais already moot .... the Chinese are already changing it.
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