If you read the article, OP was obviously responding to the silly claim that "More likely, however, China’s dependence on trade, and particularly its interest

If you read the article, OP was obviously responding to the silly claim that "More likely, however, China’s dependence on trade, and particularly its interest in Middle East oil, may fall almost as fast as it has risen over the past thirty years." I think OP was just pointing out that there is more than oil in the Middle East.