The document discusses growing global demand for energy, with a focus on demand in China. It notes that China's energy consumption could nearly double in the next 20 years, with virtually all of the new energy coming from coal. Students are tasked with researching China's energy demand and security, examining trends in energy demand at regional and local scales in China, and producing a poster showing these trends. They are to analyze trends in global energy supply and demand by source, type of economy, and economic sector.