『Abstract
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 trait 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.
Keywords: Energy security; Malacca dilemma; Arctic oil and gas』
1. China's growing thirst for oil
2. China's concerns about the Strait of Malacca
3. China's responses to cope with the Malacca dilemma
3.1. China's demand-side efforts to control the growth of
oil demand
3.2. China's supply-side policies to address its growing dependence
on imported oil
4. Strategic importance of Arctic oil and gas to energy security
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