{"id":159750,"date":"2026-11-04T08:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T08:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159750"},"modified":"2026-11-04T08:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T08:30:07","slug":"as-us-iran-war-shows-chinas-influence-cant-secure-its-line-to-gulf-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159750","title":{"rendered":"As US-Iran war shows, China\u2019s influence can\u2019t secure its line to Gulf oil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina is becoming increasingly important to the Gulf\u2019s economic future. Yet the Gulf remains capable of disrupting China\u2019s own.<br \/>\nThat is the contradiction exposed by the US-Iran war. Beijing\u2019s importance as an energy customer, investor and technology partner has grown, but its ability to guarantee the maritime routes connecting the Middle East to East Asia remains limited.<br \/>\nThe next contest in global energy will concern not only who produces and consumes it, but who can preserve access when&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/china-opinion\/article\/3372480\/us-iran-war-shows-chinas-influence-cant-secure-its-line-gulf-oil\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChina is becoming increasingly important to the Gulf\u2019s economic future. Yet the Gulf remains capable of disrupting China\u2019s own. That is the contradiction exposed&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\/159750"}],"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=159750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159750\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}