The Geopolitics of China's Global Resources Quest

Bibliographic Data

ID3948210
AuthorsSigfrido Burgos Cácere, Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, corresponding author), Sophal Ear (0000-0002-0825-9768, Naval Postgraduate School)
Year2012
Volume17
Issue1
Pages47-79
Publication date2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeopolitics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1465-0045 • E-ISSN: 1557-3028
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14650045.2011.562943
OpenAlexW2008470247
LanguageEN
Citations received8

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