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Wrought

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Stockpiles are on the rise, for oil, gas, grains, and raw materials.

China’s craze for crude is part of a grander plan. Since early 2024, when it became clear that President Donald Trump might return to the White House,
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fuel, food and metals to limit exposure to sanctions and tariffs. Those measures accelerated, and broadened, after Mr Trump slapped high duties on Chinese goods in the spring. And they are continuing apace as the countries’ leaders prepare to meet on October 30th.

Chinese officials, therefore, are discreetly pulling three levers to reduce these vulnerabilities. They are boosting domestic production, building stockpiles and diversifying imports.
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Domestic production of oil and gas continues to rise, albeit amid surging energy demand. Still a long way to go w.r.t. reducing imports.

Under the first Trump administration and during the first trade war, President Xi Jinping called for a
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to boost domestic output. Since, oil production has risen 13% and gas has climbed by more than half. Both are on track to set all-time records this year — the equivalent of adding nearly an Indonesia worth of oil and an Algeria worth of gas to the balance of global supplies.

The biggest success has been at sea. Cnooc has lifted its domestic output — all of it offshore — by 60% between the end of 2018 and 2024. And the emblem of this victory is the Bohai Sea in northeast China, which has supplanted onshore fields to become the largest oil-producing region in the country. Protected by peninsulas jutting out from Shandong on the west and Liaoning to the north, it is home to 60 fields and more than 200 platforms pumping up oil and gas from under the sea floor.
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antiterror13

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The genetic data is of interest because it helps tailor engineering of viruses or fungus specifically targeting them. That way when it is used on China, the thinking is it won't spread and harm Western agriculture.
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well, it is a two way street, China could do the same and it is very easy to get genetic data from Western agriculture

I don't think they will play that "pandora box"
 
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antiterror13

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They have waged biowarfare on China as far back as during the Korean War. And as recently as Covid. They will again.
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During Korean war, not much China could retaliate. But now, China could do that easily and as powerful if not more powerful

For Covid, I am not sure .. I think likely incident involving American scientists or labs in US or overseas (i.e Wuhan)
 
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