Energy policies of the world: China

Book · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1974

OSTI ID:7339807

Park, C H

An attempt is made to analyze the energy policy of the People's Republic of China with particular reference to oil. Other major sources of energy, such as coal, electricity, and natural gas, have also been referred to insofar as deemed necessary to place the role of oil in the general perspective of China's energy consumption pattern. Dr. Park notes that little more than 10 percent of China's energy requirements have been met by oil; also that even a developing country like India has six times as many automobiles per capita as China. The study traces recent developments, from the break with the Soviet Union beginning in 1960 and its effect upon technical assistance and supplies to China, through the discovery, locations both onshore and offshore, production, and export of Chinese oil. Chinese oil prices have increased and distant transport will be expensive so long as no port in China can accommodate more than a 50,000-ton tanker. The implications of Chinese energy policy for the Soviet Union, the United States, Japan, and other countries are examined in the light of international relations and the political motivations of Peking. An extensive bibliography is presented. (MCW)

• OSTI ID: 7339807
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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