Why is China Stockpiling So Much Stuff?

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China's apparent stockpiling of key commodities has led some hawkish commentators to suggest they might be preparing for major trade disruption in the event of an invasion of Taiwan. But is this actually what's happening? Or is this economically innocent?

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Sources:

China oil stockpiles
https://www.oilfieldtechnology.com/sp...
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/art...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...
https://tradingeconomics.com/commodit...

Other stockpiles
https://www.economist.com/finance-and...
https://chinapower.csis.org/china-foo...
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...

Malacca dilemma
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_...

Pork stockpile
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/eas...