GTFS: Global Trends and Future Scenarios Index

China’s Energy Security Dilemma

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China’s “economic miracle” and its energy dilemma stem from the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) 30 year old policy to achieve “wealth for country first.” Beijing has bundled economic development, energy, science & technology-related policies as matters of national security. As a result, China’s current sense of energy and economic insecurity may be analyzed as a product of its decades-long off-balanced policies towards development.

Issues:
Energy, Economics, Natural Resources
Region:
Asia
Country:
China
Year Published:
2012
Author:
Jenny Lin
Institution:
Project 2049 Institute