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Editorial: China's one-way quest

07/12/2010
The Chinese government has reinforced an already clear message that its global quest for oil and gas supplies is a one-way proposition. It wants to own production, reserves, pipelines, and shares in foreign companies. It logically needs and surely claims access to information on which to base decisions about its aggressive investments. Yet expecting China to reciprocate transparency can get a person in trouble.Ask Xue Feng, the American geologist sentenced on July 4 to 8 years in prison for trying to buy data about the Chinese oil industry. He was working for IHS, which manages energy databases, at the time of his first detention in November 2007. Formally arrested in April 2008, Xue was ...
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