Philip Andrews-Speed and Roland Dannreuther, China, Oil and Global Politics (London: Routledge, 2011), 234p. $155 hardback; $44.95 paperback

摘要

Although oil composes less than a fifth of China's energy supply, the size of the country's economy and its rapid growth in recent decades-as well as sharply declining domestic production-have propelled China into international oil markets. Oil is critical in fueling the country's transportation system, and China is both the world's second largest oil consumer and third largest importer. China was an oil exporter until 1993, but by 2009 it was importing more than half of the oil it consumed, an amount expected to double by 2020. This volume examines oil in the context of China's energy policy, and explores both the domestic and international dimensions of China's quest for oil.