“...47% of China’s oil passes through the strait of Hormuz...a naval blockade of another superpower’s energy supply?....”
I’m opposed to the blockade as it will needlessly anger China.
Iran’s craziness and IRGC extortion already make for a pretty effective blockade.
Iran is probably selling more hydrocarbons domestically than it is exporting. I favor taking out the refineries and inland storage tanks in Ukrainian style.
Iran would then have to buy gasoline and diesel fuel from Iraq, at premium prices, and then truck it hundreds of miles.
Iran buys so much from IRan because of a long-running sweetheart deal.
China can get all the crude it needs from the US, Venezuela, and Guyana, for example.