Energy Security and Its Impact on Chinese Economic SecurityReality Challenges and Future Bets

Abstract The paper discusses the energy security dilemma in China, which has become highly sensitive due to the security implications of its economic stability and the expansion of its political influence at regional and global levels, which has become a decisive factor in its foreign relations and a focal point for its defense policies. Due to the acceleration of its global economic and trade growth, consumption rates have increased significantly, which has become a factor confirming China's rise as a strong economy on the international stage on the one hand, and has become a strong player in the arena of global competition for energy resources against major powers on the other hand, with the energy factor having become a basic element and a security element that causes global geopolitical transformations. Accordingly, this contribution examines the ways that may affect China's strategies to achieve energy security and ensure continued economic and political stability. Keywords: Geopolitics of energies; China energy security; Economic Security; Production and Consumption; Imports & competition