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Who really won the Iran war? The case for China

A 1:09 reel by Jake Explains, a creator on Qrio

Neither side may have won the Iran war outright. Why China, which never fought it, could be the biggest winner, in four points.

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Beerund didn't win the war and neither did America, but guess who might have? China. Four things Beijing wanted for decades just got handed to them in six months. Golf states are now buying more Chinese drones, missiles, and even drilling with China's navy. Golf states buy more from China instead of America, cost America, leverage. Two, and this one's important, China imports 70% of its oil, so it should have been the war's biggest loser. But instead, it cut its oil imports by 5 billion barrels of oil a day. How to do this? Well, as a huge oil stockpile and an economy that runs on a third electricity, China electrifying before the war has paid off. Third, this war was the biggest advertisement in history for solar, batteries, and EVs. Because every government seeing a $120 oil price is asking the same question, how do we need less of this? The answer is of course, China, who makes 9 and 10 solar panels, 9 and 10 batteries, and most of the world's EVs. I expect every one of those exports to only go up. And four is stability. One superpower started this war while the other trades through it. So this war continues to demonstrate to the world that America is more unstable while China is more predictable. Comment world if you want to know where I think the world's going from here and what countries you should pay attention to.

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