China's strategic interest is maintaining domestic social stability first, which requires a humming US consumer and US economy to sell to, not destabilizing oil prices; China's north star is domestic stability, not geopolitical dominance or weakening Trump.
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Louis GavelkalEvidence Quote
“Chinese political leaders, their north star, their guiding light is always first and foremost domestic social stability...China would rather, I think, would much rather take $60 oil and a US economy that's humming along with a US consumer that's humming along”
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:20:13 PM
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