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giving it extra capacity to transport its oil to Asia.

and the South Pars field. Iran is the largest methanol exporter to China

and has been selected to develop the Azadegan and Yadavaran oil and

and the two countries announced plans to broaden bilateral trade to $100 bn per year by 2016.

China provided Iran with civil nuclear technology and machinery

the West lost the little leverage it had over Sino-Iranian ties.

and further strengthened ties with Iran. Once China was accepted into the World

ballistic and anti-cruise ship missiles)

and Communist China was under U.S.-led international sanctions for most of its existence.

described in greater detail in a 2012 Rand Institute report:

the prospects for co-operation on sanctions appear dim. Some things to

since they affect prospects of China co-operating with the West on containment of

US reliance on oil imports as a share of consumption is gradually declining. China’s percentage

unrealistic expectations and impossible goals”.

the “entire green thing is desirable and very much worth

a future based heavily on offshore wind and solar will be a brave new world of

but Japan has limited experience in both. What may be more relevant is the experience of the

it is starting from a lower base than Germany: in 2011 only 1.25% of

import more LNG or suffer the growth penalty from higher electricity costs resulting from less supply. For a