China’s Energy Policy: Flexible, but Unshakeable
... independence from American oil and LNG. For three months (between September and November 2018), Chinese companies did not purchase American oil and resumed imports in December 2018, purchasing only insignificant amounts. China quickly found replacements; Iran offered the required quantities of oil at major discounts. Ivan Timofeev: Political Multipolarity vs. Economic Unipolarity: 2018 Results and 2019 Intrigues The situation with American LNG was similar. Throughout 2017 and until September 2018, LNG deliveries from the US to China grew rapidly (in eight months of 2018 alone, they increased by 17%, to almost double the amount supplied to Europe). In September 2018, Washington imposed ...