02
Jan
2008
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China vs US: The Battle For Oil
Hey people! Happy new year to you all! 
I discovered this excellent documentary by accident while watching stuff on YouTube. It affirms what I already knew.
As China gets bigger, it will need increasing amounts of energy to fuel its growth. That’s where countries like Sudan come in. Sure, investment is great but the “no strings attached” manner in which China is conducting things is what heavily bothers me.
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Interesting documentary! Thanks for sharing, Drima.
It’s trying to secure its self-sufficiency. It would be forced to improve diplomatic relations otherwise. I think its growth is disgusting, because it’s not honest. Much of the government-run projects is at the expense of China’s poverty. There’s plenty on YouTube about that as well, innocent people losing homes because large corporations demand their lands to build their own projects.
I certainly stand against what China is doing. However, to expand the scope of the conversation, the US is no better than China.
The Reagan administration in the United States undermined democracy in the Middle East to secure its own oil supply immediately after the oil crisis. We ought to understand this as a moral issue, and drastically alternate our behavior. If not, there will be no winner out of this situation.