BDlive | China's Strong Oil Import Data Fails To Arrest Oil's Decline Barron's (blog) China's oil imports rose 13% from a year ago in December, the highest monthly oil imports in volume terms, data provided by HSBC shows. Chinese buyers “took advantage of falling prices to boost reserves,” wrote economist Julia Wang and team in a note ... Asian markets hurt by continuing slide in oil, dollar on defensive Oil slide hits energy shares but Alcoa cheers some |