China has managed to secure new hydrocarbon supplies through pipelines from Kazakhstan and Russia. But this option is not available to Asia’s other leading economies – Japan, India, and South Korea – which are not contiguous with suppliers in Central Asia, Iran, or Russia.
亚洲国家对自然资源的激烈争夺造就了资源地缘政治，包括石油天然气管道建设。中国已经通过管道从哈萨克斯坦和俄罗斯获得新的油气供应。但日本、印度和韩国等不与中亚、伊朗或俄罗斯等供应国接壤的亚洲其他主要经济体却不存在这样的选择。这些国家只能继续依赖从动荡的波斯湾进口石油。