Advertisement OPINION: This article may contain commentary which reflects the author's opinion. The strategic petroleum reserves are supposed to be used in times of a national crisis, not to lower gas prices. Now Republicans are starting an investigation into why President Joe Biden decided to the 180 million barrels released from the strategic petroleum reserves since the Spring, The Daily Mail reported.

At the behest of the Communist Party leadership, Chinese conglomerates and investor groups have this year transformed from sometimes overeager spree buyers of foreign companies, real estate, and art, into net sellers of global assets for the first time since Chinese companies became big-time players on the global stage about a decade ago, the FT reports.