China: We're Gonna Drill Like Crazy Offshore

Someone tell Tom Friedman... China: Marine Economy Should Be Explored, Developed - Wen April 1, 2011 China should investigate and use ocean resources scientifically and expedite the development of its marine economy, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said April 1, Xinhua reported. Doing so would help transform China’s economic growth pattern and boost economic development in the country’s eastern regions, Wen said. The premier’s remarks came after he heard a report based on research by the Chinese Academy of Engineering on the development of coastal areas and islands in China’s Zhejiang Province.