China, U.S. risk rifts in Middle East: former Chinese envoy

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BEIJING (Reuters)

China faced growing risks to energy security as it increasingly relied on imported oil, especially from the volatile Middle East, where Beijing’s sway had been limited, Sun said.

“The U.S. has always sought to control the faucet of global oil supplies. There is cooperation between China and the U.S., but there is also struggle, and the U.S. has always seen us as a potential foe,” he wrote in the September issue of “Asia & Africa Review,” which reached subscribers this week.

Reuters