China's energy security: increasing dependence on foreign oil and solutions favoured by Beijing students and researchers

20/03/2009 - 12:30

 

20 March 2009
12.30 - 14.00 hrs

Energy Programme Asia Lecture by Prof. Dr. Eduard B. Vermeer, Department of Contemporary Chinese History, Turku University, Finland and director of the Centre for East Asian Studies, Turku University, Finland

 

Energy Programme Asia Lecture Series 2009: Domestic and Geopolitical Challenges to Energy Security for China and the European Union

Driven by a rapid increase of energy consumption, the Chinese government favours an all-out approach to energy security. Choices for particular sources of energy and technologies do not reflect much coordination, and the absence of public debate makes it difficult to understand the processes of decision-making. That goes even more for China's foreign energy policy. Reluctantly, the Chinese have become more willing to accept high levels of foreign dependency as inevitable.

Speaker

Prof. Dr. Eduard B. Vermeer, Department of Contemporary Chinese History, Turku University, Finland and director of the Centre for East Asian Studies, Turku University, Finland

Chair 

Dr. Mehdi Amineh

Discussant

Dr. Mehdi Amineh

Date

20 March, 12:30 hrs - 14:00 hrs

Venue

ISHSS, Prins Hendrikkade 189-B, Room C

 

This lecture series is organized in the context of a joint research programme between Energy Programme Asia - IIAS, and the Institute of West Asian and African Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, China.

Information
Dr Mehdi P. Amineh
EPA Programme Director
International Institute for Asian Studies
T +31 20 525 4567
m.p.amineh@uva.nl