The International Energy Association reported last year that nearly one and a half billion people in the world had no electricity to use, and most of them live in sub---Saharan Africa and in India and other countries in Asia.

国际能源协会去年报告说，世界上有近15亿人没有电可用，其中大多数人生活在撒哈拉以南非洲、印度和亚洲其他国家。

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What these deals brought home is that China, no less than America, wants energy corridors through Asia that bypass Russia.

这些协议所表明的就是，同美国一样，中国希望获得绕过俄罗斯的亚洲能源走廊。

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"Coal is the fastest-growing fuel in the world and will continue to be largely driven by the enormous appetite for energy in Asia," he said.

他说：“煤是世界上增长最快的燃料并在亚洲对能源的巨大胃口的驱动下将继续增长。”

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War in Iraq, destabilization from Turkey, unquenchable thirst for energy in Asia, millions of fuel-slurping SUVs still cruising American highways.

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The Partnership will build upon the existing energy initiatives in the region, including the ASEAN-United States Energy Cooperation Work Plan, the APEC Energy Working Group, the East Asia Summit Energy Ministers and other forums to expand practical cooperation across the region, promote greater energy connectivity and integration, and encourage collaborative work across these and other forums, including through joint capacity building efforts.

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Creating international nuclear fuel banks and shared management of enrichment, reprocessing and spent fuel storage facilities would make nonproliferation sense as well as supporting civil nuclear power in energy-thirsty Asia.

WSJ: U.S. Disarmament Is Dangerous for Asia