From September 2006 to December 2007 I was closely involved in working with the Asia Centre (Paris) in mounting a series of five seminars held in Beijing entitled “Shaping China’s Energy Security”. I participated in all but the last of these as a speaker, session convenor and discussant.
Marginalisation in the energy sector: the case of township and village coal mines
Andrews-Speed, P. (2007)
in H.X.Zhang, B.Wu and R.Saunders (eds.), Marginalisation In China
(Aldershot: Ashgate), pp.55-80.
China’s energy policy and its contribution to international stability
Andrews-Speed, P. (2007)
in M. Zaborowski (ed.) Facing China’s Rise: Guidelines for an EU Strategy
EU Institute for Security Studies, Chaillot Paper, No. 94, pp.71-81.
China: Coal mine disasters – soaring demand and weak regulatory capacity?
September and December 2007 were bad months for China’s coal mining industry. In September 181 miners died when a mine in Shandong Province was flooded by heavy rain. In December 105 miners died in the Xinyao village coal mine in Shanxi Province, the … Continue Reading ››
China: Dancing with the Russian bear
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao has recently returned from a visit to Russia during which he discussed with his counterparts in the Russian government the issue of energy cooperation. Russia has the largest reserves of gas in the world and the seventh largest reserves … Continue Reading ››
China: Maximising domestic energy production: but at what cost?
Early October saw an article appearing in the Chinese press which made me think that I had stepped back in time or was having a bad dream. The thrust of the message was that the Chinese government’s focus on energy efficiency and energy conservation was of only … Continue Reading ››
“China’s energy policy challenges” – Europroductions conference on Seizing the China Challenge
London, 24th and 25th October, 2007
“Energy security outlook of China” EU Institute for Security Studies
Conference on the EU CFSP and Energy Security, Paris, 23 October 2007.
China: Policy for natural gas imports back on track?
The recent announcements of deals to increase the level of LNG imports from Australia and to build a pipeline from Turkmenistan show that China’s strategy to import substantial quantities of natural … Continue Reading ››
China’s construction boom is wasteful but has deep socio-economic roots
The Chinese government has recently reported energy intensity data for the first six months of 2007. How they manage to have reliable statistics within thirty days of the end of the period is a matter for speculation. But if we accept the data at face value then there has been a significant improvement in … Continue Reading ››