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Wu, Kang

CCS Associate Member
Fellow, East West Center Research Program

Tel: 944-7521
Fax: 944-7559

BA 1985, Peking University
MA 1987, University of Hawaii at Manoa
PhD 1991, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Dr. Kang Wu has been a Fellow at the East-West Center since 1993, and conducts energy and economic research with a focus on the Asia-Pacific Region and China in particular. He specializes in studies of energy policies, security, demand, supply,trade, and market developments, as well as energy-economic links, oil and gas issues, and the impact of fossil energy and particularly transportation fuel consumption on the environment. He supervises the China Energy Project at the Center. Dr. Wu's work also includes energy modeling and Asia-Pacific energy demand forecasting.

Publications

"China's Energy Interests and the Role of Central Asia," in Central Asia, Global Terrorism, and Asia-Pacific Security, 2003 (forthcoming), Asia-Pacific Center for Chinese Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii. "Oil Demand and Supply Structures and Market Developments in China: Current Situation and Future Prospects," in Proceedings of the Cross-Straits Energy Forum, Taiwan Research Institute, 3 December 2002, Taipei, Taiwan. "China's Refining Sector Challenges: Surging Demand, Rising Imports of Sour Crudes, New Business Models,” (with Fereidun Fesharaki) Oil and Gas Journal, February 19, 2001, Vol.99, No.8, pp.66-70. "An Overview of China’s Oil Industry: Current Situation and Future Growth," (with Fereidun Fesharaki) Oil and Capital, July/August 2000, Moscow, Russia, pp.23-28. "Restructuring of China’s Oil Industry Continues as Doubts Regarding Its Success Loom," (with Fereidun Fesharaki) Oil & Gas Journal, January 3, 2000, Vol.98, No.1, pp.19-23. "Oil Industry and Market Developments in China," Middle East Economic Survey, November 1, 1999, Vol.42, No.44, pp.D1-D10. "Overview of China’s Energy Demand and Supply with Special Focus on Oil Sector Developments" (with Fereidun Fesharaki) in PRC Political Economy: Prospects under Jiang Zemin, Hsin-hsing Wu (ed.), January 1999, Graduate Institute of Political Economy, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, pp.135-158.