12-09-2022, 05:17 PM
(08-09-2022, 12:01 PM)Manthink Wrote: The Ukraine conflict is a 千载难逢 opening..allowing China to become the middle-man in the post-USD era energy market supply chain... To the Chinese any crisis also presents opportunities...
A classic strategic opportunism driven not by emotions...but by long term view + predictable seasonal change in market demands. I am a bit surprised smart people in Brussels (capital of EU) fail to see that coming...
Sep 2022 - Europe is now increasingly reliant on Russian gas which is sold through a third party. One of Europe's new largest energy exporters is China, which has traditionally been a net importer of energy. China purchases large volumes of Russian natural gas via Siberian pipelines and is now selling the surplus gas overseas.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/285897/ene...hing-china