Maybe it's time to try something new. And maybe it's already starting.Last week the New York Times reported:In the first major oil deal Iraq has made with a foreign country since 2003, the Iraqi government and the China National Petroleum Corporation have signed a contract in Beijing that could be worth up to $3 billion, Iraqi officials said Thursday.Under the new contract, which must still be approved by Iraq's cabinet, the Chinese company will provide technical advisers, oil workers...