Giulia Romanois the Energy Programme Manager at Asia Centre, Paris, France.Jean-Francois Di Meglio is President of Asia Centre, Paris, France.

"Finally, an important feature of the book is the methodological innovation. Many of the contributors are experts in the energy field, while others have more specifi c knowledge of Chinese energy security politics and policies. As such, the data and analyses provided represent an original mixture. This volume is valuable for all scholars and students with an interest in China’s energy policies, but particularly for policymakers and specialists concerned about getting a real understanding of China’s intricate dynamics, actors and processes in the field of energy security."Silvia Menegazzi, Department of Political Science, LUISS Guido Carli University, The International Spectator

• 1. Introduction: From "shaping" to "framing" China’s energy security and the example of the oil policy 2 Coal Resources and Coal Utilisation in China3. Gas in China’s Energy Security Strategy: Threat of a New Form of Dependency?4. Low-Carbon Energy in China's Energy Security Strategy5. Conflicts in the South China Sea: Energy Resources, ASEAN, and the Question of Regional Stability6. China and the Middle East: Moving Beyond Energy Trade7. China’s New Energy Haven: Opportunities and Challenges in Central Asia8. China’s Energy Security and Sino-African Energy Cooperation9. Decentralised energy resources as a challenge to the secular top-down paradigm of energy production? 10. Controlling the growth of China’s power consumption through industrial energy efficiency as pillar of national energy security 11. The Energy Transition and Energy Security of Cities: the Urban Dimension of Chinese Energy Issues