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The Economics and Politics of China’s Energy Security Transition

  • 1st Edition - September 4, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Hongtu Zhao
  • Language: English

The Economics and Politics of China’s Energy Security Transition clarifies China’s energy and foreign policies through a comprehensive examination of energy sources, providing… Read more

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Description

The Economics and Politics of China’s Energy Security Transition clarifies China’s energy and foreign policies through a comprehensive examination of energy sources, providing an insider’s unique perspective for assessing China’s energy policies. China’s historic decline in coal consumption since 2013-2014 and a plateauing of its carbon dioxide emissions have given China an unprecedented opportunity to decarbonize while growing its economy. In response to global questions about China’s institutional, administrative, and political challenges and risks, this book provides the answers that everyone is asking.

Key features

  • Provides a rare assessment of China’s energy policies and reveals insights into the Chinese government
  • Devotes attention to issues of global energy governance and energy sanctions
  • Includes data and reference content suitable for researchers in economics, sustainability, energy policy, geopolitics and political science

Readership

Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and professionals working in energy economics and in China economics studies

Table of contents

1. Will Resources Be Exhausted?-“Infinite” Supply of Finite Resources2. “Resource War”: Will Mankind Fight for Resources?3. Resource Contention: Resource Control or Market Competition?4. Energy Crisis: “Natural Disaster” and “Man-Made Calamity”5. Energy Security: From Energy Independence to Energy Interdependence6. Energy Diplomacy: From “Bilateral Diplomacy” to “Global Energy Governance”7. Energy: The “Achilles’ Heel” of China?8. Overseas Investment: “Going-Out” Not Equal to “Taking-Back”9. Maritime Transportation Security: “Malacca Dilemma” and “Strings of Pearls”10. “China Energy Threat Theory”: Strategic Mutual Suspicion and Interaction11. China’s Energy Strategy: From “Self-Reliance” to “Energy Revolution”12. Climate Change and Sustainable Development13. International Energy Transformation: Bright Future and Tortuous Road14. “Beautiful China”: “Chinese Dream” of Green Development

Review quotes

"China’s adoption of new energy policies is shaping the global demand of fossil fuels. The book presents rich insights into China’s energy security dilemmas, politics, economics and the institutional mechanisms of an energy transition. A must-read book for energy strategists." —Commander (Dr.) Kapil Narula (Ret.), Indian Navy

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: September 4, 2018
  • Language: English

About the author

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Hongtu Zhao

Dr. Hongtu Zhao, a research professor at Institute of World Economic Studies, part of the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), specializes in the study of energy and resource issues. His current field of study also encompasses global warming, unconventional security, and international political economics. A former visiting scholar in University of Wisconsin-Madison and Energy Charter Secretariat (located in Brussels), he has written and co-written several books, such as The Grand Chessboard of Global Energy and A Survey of International Strategic Resources.
Affiliations and expertise
China Institute of Contermporary International Relations

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