Why China could emerge a winner from Trump’s global energy shock | China’s evolution into an “electrostate” may help insulate it from spiking oil prices.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2026/03/13/china-winner-iran-energy-oil/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzczMzc0NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzc0NzU2Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzMzNzQ0MDAsImp0aSI6IjIyMTQ1MDg1LWM5MjYtNGQ2YS1iYTMzLTQ5ZDcyNjc4YjJmZSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9idXNpbmVzcy8yMDI2LzAzLzEzL2NoaW5hLXdpbm5lci1pcmFuLWVuZXJneS1vaWwvIn0.9K5aTYb3Zn6udrRiHrCOAiDuvluGX5F-dALaPWuj7I0
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big_dog_pie@piefed.social · 11 pts · 175d
Everything Trump does benefits China and Russia. If the average murican had a clue who was profiting by their ignorance.... Well they probably wouldn't do a thing but keep fucking their own siblings.
pedantichedgehog@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 175d
I'm vaguely tempted to send this to a "libertarian" relative who voted for trump because "he's standing up to china"
theacharnian@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 174d
I don't care if China benefits.
I just need hydrocarbons to lose to solar.
mlfh@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 174d
Yet another colossal American self-sabotage for the good of the fossil fuel industry.