SinoUS Energy Triangles
The remarkable performance of the Chinese economy in the last three decades has placed China at the centre of the world stage. In 1993, China became a net importer of energy, although it was not until the early 2000s that the world began to pay more attention to Chinas energy needs and its potential impact on the world. With Chinas energy search occurring within a hegemonic global structure dominated by the United States, the US watches with interest as China enhances its ties with energy-rich states.
The book examines this triangular relationship and questions whether the US and China are in competition regarding access to the energy of a third state, within the context of a potential power transition. It includes case studies on Chinas energy relationship with countries such as Canada, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Iran, Sudan and Venezuela and aims to understand the ways a rising power interacts with an existing leading power and the possible outcomes of this competition. The analytical framework employed helps the reader to understand not only the nature and pattern of triangles among the US, China and the resource rich states under resource diplomacy, but also the salient features of USChina competition around the world.
Making an impressive contribution to the literature in fields such as USChina Relations, International Relations, Chinese Foreign Policy and Global Energy Geopolitics, this book will appeal to students and scholars of these subjects.
David Zweig is Chair Professor, Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Director of the Center on Chinas Transnational Relations. He is Senior Research Fellow of the AsiaPacific Foundation, Vancouver, Canada, and Associate Chairman of the Center on China and Globalization, Beijing, China. His widely known work includes Internationalizing China: Domestic Interests and Global Linkages (2002).
Yufan Hao is Chair Professor of Political Science and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Macau. He has written and edited 24 books and monographs, and authored more than 50 journal articles and book chapters on Chinese Politics, Chinese Foreign Relations, USChina Relations and Macau Studies.
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