{"id":212716,"date":"2025-06-25T08:53:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T08:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/212716\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T08:53:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T08:53:14","slug":"china-renews-interest-in-russian-gas-pipeline-as-israel-iran-war-fuels-energy-concerns-wsj-meduza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/212716\/","title":{"rendered":"China renews interest in Russian gas pipeline as Israel\u2013Iran war fuels energy concerns \u2014 WSJ \u2014 Meduza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">The recent conflict between Israel and Iran has prompted Beijing to renew its interest in the Power of Siberia 2 pipeline and in expanding imports of Russian natural gas, The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/china-russia-gas-pipeline-iran-conflict-e19523b3\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>, citing sources in China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">Talks on the project had long been stalled due to disagreements over pricing and ownership, as well as China\u2019s reluctance to deepen its energy dependence on Russia. But the outbreak of war in the Middle East has led Chinese officials to reconsider the risks associated with oil and gas supplies from the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">According to the consulting firm Rystad Energy, roughly 30 percent of China\u2019s natural gas imports arrive in the form of liquefied natural gas from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, passing through the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran threatened to close during the war. Even with hostilities paused, the conflict has pushed China to look for alternatives, sources told The Journal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">\u201cThe volatility and unpredictability of the military situation have shown the Chinese leadership that stable land-based pipeline supply has geopolitical benefits,\u201d said Alexander Gabuev, an expert on China\u2013Russia relations. \u201cRussia could benefit from that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"SimpleBlock-module_p__7aRnT \">Analysts also say China is seeking to increase oil purchases from Russia. Sources cited by The Journal said that as the Trump administration seeks to \u201cdrive a wedge\u201d between Moscow and Beijing, China is looking to deepen its partnership with Russia. Reviving the stalled pipeline project could help advance that goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The recent conflict between Israel and Iran has prompted Beijing to renew its interest in the Power of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7655],"tags":[332,7888,7883,7886,7875,7868,7880,7870,7881,7887,7876,7864,7871,7865,7873,7874,7866,7869,7867,7885,7879,7872,7884,7882,7878,7877],"class_list":{"0":"post-212716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-russia","9":"tag-7888","10":"tag-7883","11":"tag-7886","12":"tag-7875","13":"tag-7868","14":"tag-7880","15":"tag-7870","16":"tag-7881","17":"tag-7887","18":"tag-7876","19":"tag-7864","20":"tag-7871","21":"tag-7865","22":"tag-7873","23":"tag-7874","24":"tag-7866","25":"tag-7869","26":"tag-7867","27":"tag-7885","28":"tag-7879","29":"tag-7872","30":"tag-7884","31":"tag-7882","32":"tag-7878","33":"tag-7877"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114743161943397864","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212716\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}