Oil from the Hormuz Strait supplies:
🇺🇸 5% of America's total oil supply
🇨🇳 50% of China's total oil supply
Iran would be crippling their ally China by closing off Hormuz. That is the last thing Iranians would want right now.
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Plus, they have the China Iran railway even if they close it completely.
the spice must flow
China gets the majority of its crude oil from Russia. Through a pipeline. They share a border. It also gets it from Malaysia, Iraq and Iran, all of which do not need to travel that route. They also get some from the USA. China diversifies its suppliers on purpose.
