China: Energy Needs Won’t Cause Conflict

China Daily – China, the world’s second-largest oil consumer, hopes dialogue and conciliatory policies will blunt tensions caused by growing energy needs, a Foreign Ministry official said on Wednesday.

Liu Jianchao, the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s chief spokesman, said China’s growing need for natural resources would not put it in conflict with other countries, and that it was actively pursuing alternatives to imported oil.

“At the moment we are trying to rely on ourselves for energy supply and at the same time trying to find clean, alternative energy resources,” Liu said at the Reuters China Century Summit.
China Daily