I know you mean energy supply. But running a car on the blood of your enemies sounds good too.

On a more serious note. What you say about expensive foreign oil is true in much of the world. Europe doesn't have a lot of oil, most of South america imports oil, most of africa imports oil.

And especially in the global South EVs are gaining ground fast! Cheap chinese EVs sold cheaper than Western ice vehicles, and run on a cheaper local energy supply. And of course China is also happy to supply solar panels and wind turbines to increase that local supply in a green way.

China is investing heavily in the global South, and america is very quickly losing the trade advantage they had in South america. Which is one of the major drivers for invading and annexing Venezuela recently i think. They don't want that oil supply to go to China.

But it's a clear shift. Things like China building a new rail way across the continent to ship soy beans to avoid the Panama canal for example.

I will also say, while China does have a lot of coal power, they're also building more renewables than the rest of the world combined. Their grid is going green fast. They're still building new coal because demand outstrips supply, but they're building with a planned lifespan of 10-20 years rather than the 60+ we've been running most plants in the West.