Abstract Energy intensity (energy demand per unit of economic output) is one of the most widely used indicators of energy efficiency in energy policy discussions.…
Country or Region: China
Abstract Within the last twenty years, China has become dependent on import of coal, oil and natural gas. Especially oil is now an economic and…
Abstract The iron and steel industry is one of the major energy-consuming industries in China. Given the limited research on effective energy conservation in China׳s…
Abstract Fossil fuel consumption in China’s chemical industry accounted for 19.7% of the total industrial fossil fuel consumption, and the industry has become the second…
Abstract It is now widely recognized that there is a strong relationship between energy consumption and economic growth. Most countries′ energy demands declined during the…
Abstract China, now the world’s second-largest economy, is worried about energy security, which underpins the core objectives of Beijing and the political legitimacy of the…
Abstract Although the cold war ended 17 years ago, studies and reports on foreign affairs are, most of the time, dreary or pessimistic. True enough,…
Summary The Asian Financial Crisis dramatically illustrated the vulnerability of financial markets in emerging, transitional, and advanced economies. In response, international organizations insisted that legal…
Continue reading Halliday, Terence C., and Bruce G. Carruthers
Abstract Rural buildings in China now account for more than half of China’s total building energy use. Forty percent of the floorspace in China is…
Continue reading Evans, Meredydd, Sha Yu, Bo Song, Qinqin Deng, Jing Liu, Alison Delgado
Abstract China needs a large amount of energy to meet the development of economy and to ameliorate the lives of its people. According to the…
Abstract China is now a major consumer and importer of energy, and its choices and policies will increasingly affect the rest of the world. This…
Abstract China now accounts for 11% of total world oil imports and imports 55.2% of its petroleum. Concerns about oil security from increasing imports led…
Abstract Nuclear energy is an integral part of China’s energy strategy and will increasingly contribute to China’s total energy supply. China has more than twenty…
Abstract Chinese writings on the workings of nuclear stability, deterrence, and coercion are thin and politicized. Nevertheless, it is possible to glean, from direct and…
Abstract As the United States and Russia contemplate the next stage of nuclear arms reductions beyond the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, another issue…
