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> China is the largest importer of crude oil in the world.

Uh yeah, duh. Why would you not deplete other people's finite resources while you build massive capacity of your own infinite resources?

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China's oil reserve only lasts 80 days. In case of any conflict that disrupts oil import, China would be shutting down very quickly. Since you brought up crumble and starvation.

And? Who's going to try and achieve that? It has extremely diversified oil sources.

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