The U.S. urges China to reduce oil purchases from Russia and Iran and increase purchases of U.S. energy.

U.S. Raises New Demands on China.

The U.S. Wall Street Journal reported on March 5, citing informed sources, that the U.S. is considering requiring China to reduce its oil purchases from U.S. rival countries Russia and Iran, and to buy more gas and oil from the U.S.

The media's disclosure confirms the energy ambitions of the Trump administration's military adventures in the Middle East and Latin America. From capturing Maduro to decapitating Khamenei, the U.S. has used military actions to plunder resources, with the ultimate goal of weaponizing energy to force China to make concessions on trade, technology, and even the Taiwan issue.

To Trump, oil is both power and profit. Controlling Venezuela and Iranian oil fields can not only raise international oil prices to reap huge profits but also cut off China's strategic supply channels, then use the "U.S. energy alternative" to force China to compromise. This "cut-off supply and then strong sell" tactic is essentially an energy extortion, a typical operation of converting geopolitical conflicts into commercial coercion.

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