{"id":2764,"date":"2010-04-15T16:36:52","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T20:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/collideascape\/?p=2764"},"modified":"2010-04-15T16:36:52","modified_gmt":"2010-04-15T20:36:52","slug":"chinas-energy-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=2764","title":{"rendered":"China&#039;s Energy Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> 
<a href="https://dentalprovidence.com/career/">https://dentalprovidence.com/career/</a> Over the last year, Thomas Friedman has frequently <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.cleantechies.com\/2010\/02\/01\/friedman-china-green-tech\/\" target=\"_blank\">promoted<\/a> China&#8217;s green face to the world. Perhaps it&#8217;s time the esteemed NYT columnist and foreign policy specialist began paying attention to the other China, the one that&#8217;s been on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fpif.org\/articles\/chinas_global_shopping_spree\" target=\"_blank\">fossil fuel buying spree<\/a> the past few years.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://castlehomecomfort.com/toilet-installation/">https://castlehomecomfort.com/toilet-installation/</a> There&#8217;s even a nifty climate change angle for Friedman, should he take a look at China&#8217;s latest Canadian foray, confirmed this week: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Science_News\/Resource-Wars\/2010\/04\/14\/China-strikes-465-billion-oil-sands-deal\/UPI-44291271269386\/http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Science_News\/Resource-Wars\/2010\/04\/14\/China-strikes-465-billion-oil-sands-deal\/UPI-44291271269386\/\" target=\"_blank\">a $4.65 billion deal<\/a> that gives China <a href=\"http:\/\/priceofoil.org\/2009\/09\/04\/chinese-in-2-billion-tar-sands-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\">another sizable helping<\/a> of Canada&#8217;s Oil Sands pie.<\/p>\n<p> 
<a href="https://www.andrewplimmer.com/7-day-shift/">https://www.andrewplimmer.com/7-day-shift/</a> I can understand all the continuing interest in <a href=\"http:\/\/greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/03\/29\/china-leads-in-renewable-investments\/?scp=3&amp;sq= China and energy&amp;st=cse\" target=\"_blank\">China&#8217;s green tech investment<\/a>. What I don&#8217;t understand is why mainstream commentators pay little attention to China&#8217;s continuing procurement of dirty energy reserves around the world. Friedman&#8217;s blind spot seems especially curious given <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/2010\/04\/02\/the-energy-security-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\">his focus<\/a> on the nexus between national security and energy. And make no mistake, there are serious strategic implications, which some China watchers in DC have already <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/globe-investor\/chinas-move-into-oil-sands-irks-the-us\/article1272498\/\" target=\"_blank\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> 
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<a href="https://www.randwickpsychologycentre.com/resources/">Buy Soma Online</a> Oh really? I think <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Science_News\/Resource-Wars\/2010\/04\/14\/China-strikes-465-billion-oil-sands-deal\/UPI-44291271269386\/http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Science_News\/Resource-Wars\/2010\/04\/14\/China-strikes-465-billion-oil-sands-deal\/UPI-44291271269386\/\" target=\"_blank\">this is a more accurate take<\/a>, from Shi Yan, a Shanghai-based energy analyst:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p> 
<a href="https://worklivelaos.com/atms/"></a> The policy of energy security is fundamental to the overseas acquisitions by Chinese oil companies. China&#8217;s oil demand is increasing and domestic supplies cannot meet demand.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> 
<a href="http://masterfacilitator.com/flawlessconsultingeurope/">http://masterfacilitator.com/flawlessconsultingeurope/</a> Like <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/2010\/04\/11\/reality-bites\/\" target=\"_blank\">I said the other day<\/a>, when some were touting the Iran\/climate security angle, maybe it&#8217;s time people started paying more attention to China&#8217;s tangible pursuit of energy security.<\/p>\n<p> 
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<a href="https://forgive123.com/watch/">Klonopin For Sale Online</a> Over the last year, Thomas Friedman has frequently promoted China&#8217;s green face to the world. Perhaps it&#8217;s time the esteemed NYT columnist and foreign policy specialist began paying attention to the other China, the one that&#8217;s been on a fossil fuel buying spree the past few years. There&#8217;s even a nifty climate change angle for&#8230;<span> <a href="https://andiroberts.com/emotional-intelligence/">Buy Ambien Online Overnight</a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/?p=2764\">Continue Reading&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2536,2553,2562],"tags":[810,998],"class_list":["post-2764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-china","category-climate-change","category-climate-security","tag-china","tag-energy-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2764\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithkloor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}