China: Security Concerns Over Record Oil Imports – Analysis

Eurasia Review

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By Michael Lelyveld

China has been buying record volumes of foreign oil as tensions with the United States and energy security concerns climb.

In June, China's oil imports set an all-time high of 12.9 million barrels per day (mbpd), overtaking the previous record of 11.3 mbpd posted only one month before.

In the first...

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