TY  - BOOK
AU  - ERICKSON Andrew
AU  - COLLINS Gabe
TI  - Beijing's energy security strategy: the significance of a Chinese state owned tanker fleet 
PY  - 2007///
KW  - CHINA
KW  - NAVAL POWER
KW  - OIL IMPORTS
KW  - OIL TANKERS
KW  - MERCHANT SHIPPING
N2  - China's growing economy requires ever larger quantities of energy, especially oil, to sustain it. Most of its oil is imported by sea, the majority in foreign owned or flagged vessels. There appears to be some impetus to change this situation so that in future China will transport most of its oil in its own ships. However this is only part of the answer for China's oil security concerns. Whatever flag the tankers fly supplies will still be vulnerable because of maritime choke points, piracy, and terrorism e.g. 85% of supplies pass through the Malacca Straits. Consequently China also needs a navy strong enough to protect the tanker fleets
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