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Beijing’s billion-barrel weapon: Why India must prepare for China-driven oil prices

· 10 August 2026 · 2 min read
Beijing’s billion-barrel weapon: Why India must prepare for China-driven oil prices

The Times of India has reported a new India-focused foreign affairs development: “Beijing’s billion-barrel weapon: Why India must prepare for China-driven oil prices.” The publisher's feed describes the story as follows: <![CDATA[China has accumulated as much as 1.4 billion barrels in strategic and enterprise-controlled inventories, according to a new RAND study. That is more than three times the roughly 413 million barrels held in the US government’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Intellectual

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