The Chinese Communist Party is slashing exports of oil products and other materials in what insiders describe as akin to “wartime measures” and potentially providing indirect support to Iran.
A source in China’s foreign trade sector familiar with import-export policy told the Chinese edition of The Epoch Times on March 6, using the pseudonym Huang Juguang out of fear of reprisal, that amid rising tensions in the Middle East, Beijing has ordered relevant domestic enterprises to tighten export controls on strategic materials, including tactical drones, rare-earth minerals, and refined petroleum products.
