China's Energy Security and the Taiwan Factor
Article from: OGEL 4 (2004), in Roundup of Articles
Introduction
China, the second largest energy importing country in the world is expected to exceed 100 million tones of oil import, i.e. about 35 percent of its domestic consumption by the end of the year 2004. Looking at this from a strategic platform, presents a frightening image about the rise of oil demand in Asia, with the major oil consumers in the region drawing notable quantity of the world oil production. Increase in demand for oil shows, other than the "economic growth", a danger that has been haunting the import dependent countries in the post-Gulf War, post-Saddam period, i.e. a ...