As the world’s biggest net importer of crude, China is in a vulnerable position: utterly dependent on oil imports, at a time when its economy is beginning to wobble.
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Transferring bad debt from local governments to the central government does not address the cost of resolving the bad debt. Because bad debt doesn’t just disappear.
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The Japanese Defense Ministry refused to speculate why Russian activity had suddenly soared, just when both countries are trying to hash out a mega-energy deal.
