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Opinion: Is Russia Plotting To Bring Down OPEC?

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According to the IMF’s 2015 Article IV Consultation-Press Release and Staff Report , published August 3, oil and natural gas exports constituted 65 percent of exports, 52 percent of the Federal government budget, and 14.5 naval power, the Chinese, for example, prefer pipeline natural gas supplies over seaborne LNG supplies.

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Opinion: China To Continue Expanding Its Influence In The Oil And Gas Sector

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Since 2009, China has been taking a much more active role in its pursuit of international oil contracts. When it comes to Chinese energy industry, there are three major state owned companies. Unlike the pipeline that will travel from Iran to Pakistan, this pipeline deal was made as a means to satisfy China's growing thirst for oil.

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Opinion: The End Of An Era: Is The US Petrodollar Under Threat?

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Liam Halligan, a columnist for the Telegraph, says “the real danger” of closer Russian-Chinese ties is not a bust-up between China and the US, which could threaten crucial shipping routes for China-bound coal and LNG, but its impact on the US dollar. “If However, the Chinese have a problem in their plans for the yuan. Rise of the Yuan.

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Why Cyberwarfare Is Overhyped

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Schneider: So you and I have worked now on your article in Spectrum which is based on a section of the book that covers the Mirai malware. That is, it doesn’t actually hack into Chinese companies, let’s say, and steal their blueprints. So I think that Russia, North Korea, Iran, they’re the geopolitical peasants, so to speak.

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