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Thierry Kellner, a specialist in China's relations with Central Asia at the Free University of Brussels, said that China was being increasingly dependent on Middle East oil and it wanted a supply that would be blockade-proof in case of a conflict over Taiwan. Mr. Kellner said that Price was less important than reliability and building good will in the Kazakhstani government. Thierry Kellner, a specialist in China's relations with Central Asia said that China is being increasingly dependent on Middle East oil. Mr. Kellner said, ensuring friendly relations with the Kazakh leadership is just as important as getting the oil for China. China's leadership has viewed with alarm the creation of American military bases in Central Asia which China considers its backyard and has tried to woo Kazakhstan's longtime president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, away from closer relations with the United States.