''China and the Persian Gulf''

From Foreign Policy in Focus

''China’s rise, according to many analysts, has been the world’s most significant geopolitical and economic development of the 21^st century. Central to China’s rise has been the energy it needs to fuel economic growth. Importing over 42 percent of its crude oil from the Persian Gulf, Beijing views the region as vital for this economic development. China's growing influence in the world’s most oil-rich region is the subject of Bryce Wakefield and Susan L. Levenstein’s China and the Persian Gulf: Implications for the United States.''

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