1 | He also criticised Beijing for linking the gas talks with the incident, describing them as "totally separate issues". | |
2 | For Vietnam and the Philippines, the revenue and energy security from offshore hydrocarbon reserves would help boost economic growth. | |
3 | China also began building an oil-and-gas pipeline through Myanmar this month, and is considering an oil pipeline through Pakistan. | |
4 | 然而,一些已经看过这一单张指导方针的外交官说,他们并没有提出引起紧张关系最困难的问题。这些问题的区域都位于战略上和潜在的油气资源丰富水域。 However some diplomats who have seen the single page set of guidelines said they do not address the most difficult issues causing tension in the strategic and potentially oil- and gas-rich waterway. | |
5 | Indeed, that' s how our current hydrocarbon reserves were generated in the first place: with the aid of geology, the ancient products of photosynthesis were crushed and converted into oil and coal. |