Chinese officials have given the most optimistic estimates of resource wealth in the area.

Middle class voters and the eastern provinces, where most of the resource wealth lies, worry that his policies are too radical.

Government forces there have clashed over the years with groups seeking greater access to the country's resource wealth.

This disconnect between natural resource wealth and economic growth can be seen by looking at an example from the petroleum-producing countries.

These financial inflows should contribute substantially to social and economic development, yet many resource-rich countries have been unable to transform resource wealth into wellbeing".

These come from provinces wanting to use resource wealth exclusively for the benefit of their own people.

The Liberal government has to ensure that new resource wealth strengthens, not weakens our federation.

Rather, it is the pursuit of resource wealth by powerful governments and businesses, despite strong resistance by local residents, which has caused the fighting.

For all its massive resource wealth, the Unicorn could be a decidedly boring place to grow up.

Imagine if Russia were not blessed with enormous natural resource wealth; would it be more "modern"?