A Hazardous Game – The Strait of Malacca

... contested waters of the seven seas. He would grasp he has been embroiled into one of the biggest geopolitical chess games, except ... ... global oil trade, as tankers move from mainly Middle East to Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, etc.) It is not the only passage available ... ... biggest economy? As Yergin (2011) stresses oil has been a primary energy concern for China ever since Mao, as it was perceived as ... ... am yet to say. They stress that China’s majors (CNPC, Sinopec and CNOOC) have become increasingly dynamic in dozens of nations ...