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Given the projected robust growth in China's oil consumption over
the next few decades, it will increasingly view the Middle East as a cornerstone of its
energy security interests. The fact that China
is now an aggressive player in the quest for global energy supplies has
caused concern in the West, which worries that China seeks to challenge the United States' dominant
security role in the Middle East. Is conflict between the U.S. and
China over Middle Eastern energy resources inevitable?
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Anytime
