China’s economy still runs on manufacturing, exports, shipping routes and enormous energy consumption. Cheap oil matters to Beijing in the same way stable blood flow matters to the human body. And for years, sanctioned states like Iran and Venezuela have offered China exactly what it needed: discounted crude, strategic partnerships and access beyond Washington’s control. But the dynamics now have changed. With Trump's capture of Venezuelan president and his administration 'indefinitely' controlling the sale of the country's oil and Iran's oil exports severely crippled, China’s energy anxieties become even harder to ignore..