https://www.scmp.com/rss/521454/feed Dr Guy Kioni is the critical minerals initiative fellow at the Cambridge Middle East and North Africa Forum and CEO of Missang, a geostrategy and management consultancy firm. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Guy Kioni Guy Kioni A ceasefire has brought a reprieve to the war between Israel and Iran, halting the single most dangerous regional conflict in recent years. For Beijing, the world’s largest oil importer, the lesson from the brief, 12-day conflict, could not be clearer: China cannot continue to rely on a region so prone to disruption for the resources needed to power its economic development. China has been successful at maintaining a balancing act between competing geopolitical forces, importing vast amounts of... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3316055/africa-could-emerge-winner-chinas-war-induced-energy-shift?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3316055/africa-could-emerge-winner-chinas-war-induced-energy-shift?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Jun 2025 12:30:08 +0000