Chicago Tribune: “China had enough oil to sustain itself just 15 years ago. Now it is one of the world’s thirstiest oil addicts, importing 40 percent of what it needs. Only the U.S. consumes more. [...] “You have two powers competing over the same sandbox,” said Gal Luft, a China expert with the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security in Washington. “As a country of China’s size grows, there will be a moment when the moment of reckoning comes.” “