China is no longer playing by American rules as Xi Jinping looks to his next term
September 29, 2026
abc.net.au
According to Chinese customs data on Monday, Russian oil imports increased 55 per cent year-on-year in May, to about 8.4 million tonnes. That was also a month-on-month increase: China imported 6.6 million tons of oil in April from Russia. That put Russia in place as China’s top oil provider for the first time in a year and a half. Saudi Arabia only exported 7.8 million tons to China in May. The shift to China comes weeks after the EU agreed to limit Russian oil imports and amid a fight about Russian gas deliveries. European officials say that Russia is cutting…
