> The only one profiting is China since they've mostly transitioned away from oil...

They had to use their own oil reserves to regulate the market, where they win is in soft power

> soft power

hows that going for them?

	▲	elias_t 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> hows that going for them? "In its July 15 report — based on interviews with more than forty-two thousand people across thirty-six countries — Pew found that China is now viewed more favorably than the United States in most nations surveyed." [0] [0] https://www.cfr.org/articles/china-now-outranks-the-united-s...