China Oil Deal Is New Source of Strife Among Iraqis
NY Times
16-Sep-2009

WASIT PROVINCE, Iraq — When China’s biggest oil company signed the first post-invasion oil field development contract in Iraq last year, the deal was seen as a test of Iraq’s willingness to open an industry that had previously prohibited foreign investment.

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A Chinese guard at the Ahdab oil field southeast of Baghdad.

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Wasit Province is among the poorest provinces in Iraq.

One year later, the China National Petroleum Corporation has struck oil at the Ahdab field in Wasit Province, sout... >>>

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