In China It’s Much Worse Than We Thought | Taiwan Tensions | China, Iran, & Oil

In China It’s Much Worse Than We Thought | Taiwan Tensions | China, Iran, & Oil

TN News
TN News
Aug 25, 2026

In China It’s Much Worse Than We Thought | Taiwan Tensions | China, Iran, & Oil
Taiwan’s semiconductor and AI revenue windfall is supercharging its asymmetric defence budget, even as Beijing stress-tests critical energy imports and accelerates strategic oil stockpiling across the mainland.
Video Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:18 Taiwan Tensions: Record Defence Budget & AI Boom
03:01 How China Prepared for the Iran Oil Crisis
06:32 What Does China Want? – Scholars Debate