This opens Iraq up to much more oil extraction operated by China - Chinese engineers are already developing the majority of Iraq oilfields, and more Iranian involvement in Iraq. Persia reinstated and reliant upon Chinese patronage and supplying Chinese with oil and gas just as Iran is already doing at a discount on the market price. China appears to be winning the war for global resource hegemony via its already dependent proxies Iran and Russia.
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @TomK OP 12 Aug
A lot of people underrate the growing energy power of the BRICS
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Yes, with both Saudi Arabia and Iran now also joining... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-66525474
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