{"id":149737,"date":"2026-04-15T13:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149737"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:30:09","slug":"us-officials-claim-china-is-hoarding-oil-what-does-the-data-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149737","title":{"rendered":"US officials claim China is \u2018hoarding\u2019 oil. What does the data say?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThough high-level officials in Washington have accused China of undermining global energy security by \u201choarding\u201d oil during the US-Israeli war on Iran, import and inventory data suggest Beijing is facing its own supply pressures as the conflict drags on.<br \/>\nUS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday labelled China an \u201cunreliable global partner,\u201d alleging that Beijing has prioritised stockpiling crude over easing global shortages triggered by the war, according to a Reuters report.<br \/>\nHe also&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/global-economy\/article\/3350180\/us-officials-claim-china-hoarding-oil-what-does-data-say?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThough high-level officials in Washington have accused China of undermining global energy security by \u201choarding\u201d oil during the US-Israeli war on Iran, import and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149737"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}