Christian Science Monitor: The estimated size of an oil spill off China’s northeast coast doubled Wednesday, as workers raced against the clock to contain a growing environmental disaster. Oil is now spread over about 165 square miles of water, according to Chinese officials. By comparison, though, that’s still nowhere near the magnitude of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, estimated at 2,700 square miles of visible surface slick, according to the Associated Press on July 16. Chinese oil …