China's energy security, the Malacca dil
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ZhongXiang Zhang
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Article
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2011
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Elsevier Science
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English
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China's rapid economic growth has led to a huge increase in oil imports. This has raised great concern regarding its energy security because China depends on a single chokepoint, the Strait of Malacca, with nearly three-quarters of its oil imports flowing through the Strait. Given its strategic impo