The New York Times · Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline

Soaring Fuel Prices Squeeze China’s Frugal Truckers

· By Jiawei Wang
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Truck drivers in China have been nervously watching diesel prices as they keep climbing. Since the war in Iran started, fuel prices have jumped around 26 percent, hitting about $4.60 per gallon. So drivers have been scrambling to fill up, especially China’s 38 million long-haul truckers. Many of them have a tight bu…

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