Geopolitics is much more complex than that. The US is still the world's number one power with global influence as well as allies and several bases in the most i

Geopolitics is much more complex than that. The US is still the world's number one power with global influence as well as allies and several bases in the most important oil-exporting region in the world. China does cultivate friendship with their big oil-exporting neighbor to the north but they do not want to depend too much on that either. In any case, less dependence on oil import is a major reason they push EVs and renewable energy very hard.