Emerging soft turn in China’s energy security cooperation with Southeast Asia

• Main Authors: Gong, Xue, Balazs, Daniel
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science; China-Southeast Asia; Energy Security
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/160276; https://cup.cuhk.edu.hk/journals/TheChinaReview
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Energy security has been the paramount concern of Chinese top leaders. Geographically, Southeast Asia holds the key to China’s energy security, given its importance to Beijing’s seaborne energy trade. erefore, China’s energy cooperation in the region is o en analyzed from a hard security perspec...