The Geopolitics of China's Global Resources Quest

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3948210
AutoresSigfrido Burgos Cácere, Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, autor de correspondencia), Sophal Ear (0000-0002-0825-9768, Naval Postgraduate School)
Año2012
Volumen17
Número1
Páginas47-79
Fecha de publicación2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2011.562943
OpenAlexW2008470247
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8

China's double-digit average growth in the last twenty years has built up manufacturing and industrial behemoths that helped move the country from an agrarian society into a major economic player in the global economy. This prosperous growth coupled with construction of urban infrastructures and the rapid adoption of profligate lifestyles has created dependency on energy sources, raw materials and natural resources that need to be secured to maintain commercial, economic, and social wheels turning. In failing to sustain growth and security, both of which are national priorities, the Chinese Communist Party faces ideological and political risks. As a result, China's global resources quest is taking it to faraway lands and its presence as well as its motives and mechanisms raises geopolitical issues around the globe

Agrarian society · Agriculture · China · Communism · Economics · Economy · Geography · Geopolitics · Globe · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Belt and Road Initiative · International Development and Aid · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law