China is considering buying energy, assets, and stakes in Russia’s bulk commodities companies. Albert Song, a current affairs commentator familiar with the Chinese financial system, told The Epoch Times that during the Russia-Ukraine war, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a huge appetite for commodities as part of its goals to expand its aggressive powers to “race against the U.S. and obtain a certain voice on the global stage.” Potential targets include Russian companies like PJSC Gazprom, the world’s largest natural gas company; and RUSAL, the world’s second-largest aluminum company. Potential Chinese buyers are heavyweight state-owned enterprises: China National Petroleum Corp., Sinopec Group, Aluminium Corporation of China Ltd., and China Minmetals, people familiar with the matter said, according to Bloomberg on March 8. Additionally, the CCP might look to acquire Russia’s gold reserves through a secret trading channel, which may be settled with foreign exchange secretly because all of Russia’s …