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[–] Casterial@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

China's major weakness is oil. Who are their major suppliers of oil? Venezuela and Iran.

It was always about making China have a more clear Achilles heel when they go for Taiwan, which everyone believes is 2027/2028.

This is at least the only clear reason they've been doing this. We've also been slowly ramping up production of weapons and preparing for a war economy. Ukraine did it's job, weakened Russia to the point we don't even need to think about them.

[–] FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Saudi Arabia and Iran. With russia coming in 3rd. Assuming SA rolls over for america how long can china live on russian oil and some kind of coal to oil process? No idea.

Venezuala is way down the list.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/02/iran-us-strikes-china-oil-supply-charts-00806415

[–] Casterial@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Issue is Venezuela operated shadow fleets that constantly switched their flags, we have no clue their real world impact.

That said, it's not an excuse and we shouldn't even care for Taiwan, we only do because of semiconductors.