China is a rising global power with a growing role and impact on the world's energy markets as well as on the Earth …'s climate system. China pursues its development in an essentially non-confrontational manner, a vision encapsulated by the … notion of peaceful rise which is viewed positively in the world's major capitals. Nevertheless, China's rapid growth …

and China in the Persian Gulf region, in particular in view of US (mis)handling of local conflicts and China's expanding … power vacuum and opportunity for China to edge in. China has expanding economic involvement in the Gulf and has overtaken … the US as the biggest importer of oil from the GCC. With expanding trade, investment and contract work in the Gulf, China …

China's growing demand for oil is significantly changing the international geopolitics of energy, especially in the … East Asian economies (China, Japan and South Korea) is also a possibility. This document first of all presents an overview … of China's energy sector, emphasising the strong growth in its energy demand to date and its potential for future growth …

China is concerned about the security of its sea-lanes for imports and desires to diversify its oil supplies from the … Middle East in order to sustain economic growth. These concerns have sparked China's interest in trying to ensure oil … supplies from as many sources as possible and in reducing its overwhelming reliance on seaborne imports of oil, which, in China …

This book looks at the emergence of China as a major importer and consumer of energy as well as examines contemporary … issues within the Chinese oil industry. As China benefits from globalization, what is the impact on China's relations with … countries in its neighbouring region when it seeks more oil importation from overseas sources? China's industrial growth in the …