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The article argues that China is responding to the crisis around the Straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb through “active neutrality” and quiet diplomacy rather than military intervention. It seeks to keep the waterways open and strengthen its role as a mediator and economic partner without replacing the United States as the region’s security guarantor. The article notes that the region supplies about 42% of China’s oil imports, and that Beijing cut its imports by 350,000 to 400,000 barrels per day between March and July 2026. Meanwhile, electric vehicles displaced 1.5 million barrels per day of oil consumption in the second quarter. It concludes that China’s aim is not to defeat Washington, but to expand its economic and diplomatic influence and reduce regional countries’ reliance on the United States—without taking on military burdens.
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