Abstract After a temporary halt following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, China resumed its fast, yet cautious, expansion of nuclear energy programme. Nuclear…
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Abstract The energy consumption in China has accelerated since the early 2000s, and China became the largest energy consumer in the world by 2010. To…
Abstract China׳s 12th Five-Year Plan addresses new challenges and sets new goals in the country׳s power sector. The structure of power generation development is to…
Continue reading Wu, Yang, Zichao Yu, H.W. Ngan, and Zhongfu Tan
Abstract China is experiencing intensified industrialisation and motorisation. In the world׳s largest emerging economy, energy efficiency is expected to play a critical role in the…
Abstract China is currently the largest energy consuming country in the world. Until the early 1990s, China had long been a net energy exporter. The…
Abstract Since 1996 China became a net importer of crude oil, energy security has faced lots of supply risks and the issues of security on…
Continue reading Wu, Gang, Lan-Cui Liu, Zhi-Yong Han, and Yi-Ming Wei
Abstract Whether China’s crude oil imports are the culprit of oil price volatility these years has not been quantitatively confirmed. Therefore, this paper empirically investigates…
Abstract This paper focuses on selected Asian emerging economies. The study employs publications and patents as proxies for science and technology, and its analysis is…
Continue reading Wong, Chan-Yuan, Zeeda Fatimah Mohamad, Zi-Xiang Keng, and Suzana Ariff Azizan
Abstract A transparent and comprehensive statistical system in China would provide an important basis for enabling a better understanding of the country. This paper focuses…
Abstract As the largest CO2 emitter in the world, China has made great achievements in carbon mitigation over the past eight years (2005–2013). Through a…
Continue reading Wang, Can, Jie Lin, Wenjia Cai, and Hua Liao
Abstract Rapid economic growth in Northeast Asia has vastly increased regional needs for energy services. In several countries of the region, this ongoing growth has…
Continue reading von Hippel, David, Timothy Savage, and Peter Hayes
Abstract Economic growth in the countries of Northeast Asia has spurred a massive increase in the need for energy, especially oil, gas, coal, and electricity.…
Continue reading von Hippel, David, Ruslan Gulidov, Victor Kalashnikov, Peter Hayes
Abstract With an increase in China’s oil imports, China’s oil supply will also continue to be effected by the socio-economic stability of oil-exporting countries and…
Abstract Using the panel data of 27 provinces between 1978 and 2008, we employed a instrumental regression technique to examine the relationship between economic growth,…
Abstract The energy rebound effect has been a significant issue in China, which is undergoing economic transition, since it reflects the effectiveness of energy-saving policy…
