{"id":1701196,"date":"2022-10-18T12:37:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T16:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1701196"},"modified":"2022-10-18T14:58:55","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T18:58:55","slug":"china-cuts-off-natural-gas-supplies-to-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-cuts-off-natural-gas-supplies-to-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"China Cuts Off Natural Gas Supplies to Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-cuts-off-natural-gas-supplies-to-europe%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1701196&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><strong>Communist China has told state-owned energy-importing companies to cease sending natural gas supplies to European nations already facing a catastrophic winter.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-10-17\/china-halts-lng-sales-to-foreign-buyers-to-ensure-own-supply?leadSource=uverify%20wall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>, the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s National Development and Reform Commission also told the state-owned energy giants CNOOC, PetroChina, and Sinopec to halt shipments of liquified natural gas to foreign buyers in Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n<p>China scooped up excess Russian gas since the war in Ukraine, as Europe faces an unprecedented energy crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The communist nation has managed to build up an excess of liquified natural gas amid lockdowns to comply with Beijing\u2019s zero-Covid agenda.<\/p>\n<p>As Russia reduced shipments to the European Union in response to the bloc\u2019s support of Ukraine and sanctions on Moscow, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/china-locks-down-worlds-largest-wholesale-hub-threatens-global-disruption\/\">China<\/a> began reselling its surplus LNG cargo to the EU at inflated prices.<\/p>\n<p>According to estimates, some four million tonnes of liquid natural gas was resold by China, which accounts for approximately seven percent of Europe\u2019s imports during the same period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/germany-faces-power-grid-collapse-as-demand-for-electric-heaters-soar\/\">Germany Faces Power Grid Collapse as Demand for Electric Heaters Soar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Strategic economic war move<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese government has not given a specific reason for halting the supply of natural gas supplies on the open market.<\/p>\n<p>However, the move could be an attempt by Xi Jinping to aid his ally Vladimir Putin in putting the squeeze on Europe at a crucial moment.<\/p>\n<p>Despite falling gas prices in Europe from their high in August, the European Union is still considering placing a price cap on imported LNG.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s state-owned Gazprom responded by threatening to cut off all shipments to Europe, forcing the EU to reach out to countries like China selling on the international market.<\/p>\n<p>The EU globalists have rushed towards their green agenda and forestalled domestic energy production, specifically Germany, which banned fracking for its own natural gas in favor of cleaner alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>The move, however, has just left the bloc <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyfetched.com\/trump-vindicated-as-prediction-on-germanys-energy-dependence-comes-true\/\">beholden to Russia<\/a> to meet its energy needs and, ironically, China to meet its green goals \u2013 given that almost all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/environment\/2021\/04\/30\/china-denies-evidence-slaves-make-its-solar-panels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">solar panels<\/a> are made in China.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the head of the green lobbyist group, EU Pro-Sun Milan Nitzschke, admitted: \u201cEverybody knows what\u2019s going on in China, and when facilities are based there, you have to accept that there\u2019s a high possibility that forced labour will be used.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Communist China has told state-owned energy-importing companies to cease sending natural gas supplies to European nations already facing a catastrophic winter. 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