A Hazardous Game – The Strait of Malacca
... as in reality they have little choice and China anxiously needs oil as the memory of early 2000s energy famish is still fresh. Basically, China cannot trade with OPEC smoothly as it does not give special treatment via some sort ... ... spectacularly, as liberal mottos proved not as free as they sounds. Yergin (2011: 204-205) described the attempt well by saying that ... ... accounts for a mere 1% of the US output), nor can land adjacent Central Asia support its growing energy demand fully or Russia ... ... China is left with investing in second-tier opportunities and the Malacca Dilemma persists with just a balancing effort trying to ...