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China's Global Quest for Resources Energy, Food and Water

202 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

202 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

202 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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The world’s key resources of energy, food and water, which are closely connected and interdependent on each other, are coming under increasing pressure, as a result of increasing population, development and climate change. In the case of China, following its recent economic surge, energy, food and water are already nearing the point of shortage. This book considers how China is working to avoid... Read more

1. Introduction: a rising China and the future of world resources, Fengshi Wu and Hongzhou Zhang

Part I. Domestic Origins of China’s ‘Go Out’ Policies

2. China’s food security strategy reform: an emerging global agricultural policy, Hongzhou Zhang and Guoqiang Cheng

3. Debating energy security in China: ideas and policy options, Daojiong Zha

4. China and shared water resources: geopolitics, domestic institutions and global Governance, Zhifei Li and Fengshi Wu

Part II. Global Implications of China’s Resource Quest

5. Rethinking security and space in Upper Mekong transboundary water projects, Lynn Thiesmeyer

6. Food in Sino-U.S. relations: from blessing to curse? Hongzhou Zhang

7. China’s energy interests in Central Asia and Russia: symbiotic distrust and striking a balance between cooperation and confrontation, Alessandro Arduino

8. China’s energy quest in Southeast Asia: ‘Mercantilist Rise’ debated, Hong Zhao

9. Sowing more than soybeans?: Latin America and the Caribbean’s changing relations with China in agriculture and food production, Adriana Erthal Abdenur

10. Conclusion: findings and notes for policy advocates, Fengshi Wu