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The Hungry Dragon How Chinas Resource Quest is Reshaping the World

Sigfrido Burgos Cceres and Sophal Ear

"Whether you are an expert in energy economics, international trade or

national security, or if you simply have an interest on any of these areas,

this book is a must read."

Dr Marco A. Palma, Associate Professor and Extension Economist, Texas A&M

University

"If you want to know about Chinas energy security strategy and how the rest of

the world, but most importantly America, should react, read this book!"

Wei Liang, Monterey Institute of International Studies

"This book should be on your reading list. The authors write with fluid style and

frame the key elements that pertain to this seminally important issue.

Jack Odle, Distinguished Professor, North Carolina State University

"A very useful corrective to simplistic alarmism, this volume deserves a

wide readership among both development and international relations

scholars and policy makers."

Simon Dalby, CIGI chair in the Political Economy of Climate Change, Balsillie School

of International Affairs

About the book

This book explores Chinas quest for energy sources, raw materials and natural resources around the world, with a specific emphasis on oil. Chinas ubiquitous presence in Africa, Asia and Latin America is reshaping the world with regards to economics, politics and national security. It offers a comprehensive examination of Chinas energy security strategy.

The first two chapters delve into Chinese relations with energy markets and the world, and the global geopolitics of

China's resource quest. This introductory section is complemented by three in-depth country case studies: Angola,

Brazil and Cambodia. The two concluding chapters cover opportunities and risks to China, and examine how

strategies can be developed into tangible actions.

The volume also examines a number of overlapping debates regarding the varieties of capitalisms (autocratic vs.

democratic), the urgent need for rebalancing as the world undergoes global financial crises and contestations to

traditional powers, and the issues surrounding natural resource extraction in the context of global governance,

neoliberalism and poverty traps.

February 2013: 234 x 156: 250pp: Hb: 978-1-85743-686-0: 85.00 68.00

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