A sharp decrease in China’s oil imports has been pivotal to keeping oil prices down since the start of the war in Iran. That, in turn, has helped curb inflation and support the global economy.
How China slashed imports by nearly 50% and survived has been a mystery, even with Beijing’s long-term strategy of energy self-reliance.
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