Torbjørn Færøvik: Oil-thirsty China is closely monitoring the new Middle East war

“There is great disorder under heaven; the situation is excellent,” Chairman Mao used to say. But that was sixty years ago, when China was self-sufficient and had virtually no trade with other countries. Today, the situation is quite different. That is why the leaders in Beijing are closely monitoring the hostilities between Israel and Iran hour by hour. China imports large quantities of oil from