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Beijing Envoy: The Gulf's War Is Now Southeast Asia's Problem
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Brent at $106, a fuel fund with 62 billion baht in deficit and a strait still shut. Zhai Jun told Singapore the Gulf's war has become Southeast Asia's problem.
Key facts
- Some 6,000 kilometres separate the anchorage off Hormuz from a petrol station forecourt in Nonthaburi
- As delegates gathered in Singapore, Brent crude closed at $106.60 a barrel — up almost 22 per cent in a month and more than 55 per cent year on year — having spiked above $108 after Saudi forces intercepted six Houthi ballistic missiles.
- The kingdom sourced 51 per cent of its crude from the Middle East in 2025 and consumes roughly 1.3 million barrels a day.
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Summary
Some 6,000 kilometres separate the anchorage off Hormuz from a petrol station forecourt in Nonthaburi. In 2026, that distance has counted for very little.
On Friday, 25 September, Zhai Jun, Special Envoy of the Chinese Government on Middle East Issues, stood before delegates at the 17th FutureChina Global Forum and made the connection explicit. The conflict convulsing the Gulf, he argued, is no longer a regional security file.