China's energy security, the Malacca dilemma and responses

• Published in: Energy Policy
• Main Author: Zhang, ZhongXiang
• Other Authors: Zhang, ZX (reprint author), East West Ctr, Res Program, 1601 East West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96848 USA., East West Ctr, Res Program, Honolulu, HI 96848 USA., Fudan Univ, Ctr Energy Econ & Strategy Studies, Shanghai 200433, Peoples R China., Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Policy & Management, Beijing, Peoples R China., Peking Univ, China Ctr Urban & Reg Dev Res, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China., Chinese Acad Social Sci, Inst Quantitat & Tech Econ, Beijing, Peoples R China., East West Ctr, Res Program, 1601 East West Rd, Honolulu, HI 96848 USA.
• Format: Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: energy policy 2011
• Subjects: Energy security; Malacca dilemma; Arctic oil and gas; Arctic
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/237065; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.033

China's rapid economic growth has led to a huge increase in oil imports. This has raised great concern regarding its energy security because China depends on a single chokepoint, the Strait of Malacca, with nearly three-quarters of its oil imports flowing through the Strait. Given its strategic importance to China and China's little sway on the waterway, this viewpoint focuses mainly on China's concerns about and efforts at both demand and supply sides towards energy security, in particular regarding the Malacca dilemma, and puts potential Arctic oil and gas into that context. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Energy & Fuels Environmental Sciences Environmental Studies SCI(E) EI SSCI 18 ARTICLE 12 7612-7615 39