China, India and Australian gas – who controls energy in the Asian Century?

Barrow Island off Western Australia may hold the key to our energy future. AAP/Bill Hatto

AUSTRALIA IN THE ASIAN CENTURY – A series examining Australia’s role in the rapidly transforming Asian region. Delivered in partnership with the Australian government.

Here, Dr Tina Hunter looks at the challenges Australia will face in extracting its resources as demand from Asia grows.

The world is changing. Not so many years ago China was a communist country closed to the West, and India was a former British colony that struggled to keep its prime minister alive, let alone contribute to the global economy.

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