Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 5

31-January-2005

US Report Assesses Chinese Strategies For Energy Security

China is establishing military bases along sea lanes from the Middle East in order to protect its oil shipments, according to a study prepared for US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, a Washington Times report of 18 January said. China is building strategic relationships along the sea lanes from the Middle East to the South China Sea in ways that suggest defensive and offensive...