March 10, 2013

The Mideast Just Became China's Problem

Robin Mills, Foreign Policy

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China just passed the United States as the world's leading oil importer. America should be happy to be No. 2.

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TAGGED: OPEC, Saudi Arabia, Middle East, oil, United States, China

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