"Oil for the Lamps of China"-Beijing's 21st-Century Search for Energy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781478215226)

In 1933, Alice Tisdale Hobart, wife of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey manager in Nanking, published Oil for the Lamps of China.1 Hobart had traveled widely in China and proved to be a very observant imperialist. Her fictional account of her experiences, not surprisingly, focused on the role played by Western businessmen, especially those engaged in importing and selling petroleum products. One thread that runs through her work is Chinese dependence on foreign sources of energy supplies, which remains the case today. This dependence on foreign- controlled sources means that Beijing's efforts to ensure the availability of energy resources adequate to fuel the nation's economic growth have important national security implications.

Author: Bernard D. Cole
ISBN-10: 1478215224
ISBN-13: 9781478215226
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/09/2012
Pages: 106
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.34lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.22d