中国已经是世界上第二大石油消费国，仅此于美国。

China is already the world's second-biggest oil importer, behind America.

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但是，首要的是要明白供给是如此不足，得看看到作为世界第二大石油生产国的俄罗斯当下石油产业的状况。

But to understand how supplies became so scarce in the first place, one must look at the state of the oil industry in Russia, the world's second-biggest producer.

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2003年中国已经取代日本成为仅次于美国的第二大石油消费国。

In 2003 it overtook Japan to become the world's second-biggest consumer of oil after America.

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