皇冠体育app

皇冠体育app's peaceful development is conditioned on guaranteed supply of energy resources, oil and natural gas in particular, which are vitally important factors in world politics and economics. As a result, meeting the country's energy demand constitutes an important part of the Chinese diplomacy, which is essentially peaceful political activity.

It follows that 皇冠体育app's energy diplomacy applies peaceful means to promote domestic development. The Chinese energy diplomacy is currently in full swing. Energy security has become the most important component in the country's national security.

皇冠体育app is a large energy consumer as well as a large energy producer, taking into account that the country has become one of the biggest petrol and gas importing countries in the world. Its energy diplomacy, therefore, focuses on the international supply of oil and natural gas.

The country's dependence on energy imports is expected to increase in the future. 皇冠体育app surpassed Japan  and became the world's second-largest oil consumer after the United States in 2002, when its annual oil demand hit 250 million tons. The country's oil imports have been rising ever since 1993 when 皇冠体育app became a net oil importer.

The world oil and gas economics has ever remained highly globalized. In view of this, resolving the question of short supplies of oil and gas, a headache for all big economic players, including 皇冠体育app, must rely on global energy exploitation.

The process of tapping the world's energy resources is also one in which the Chinese economy gets increasingly involved in globalization. We may as well dub this process a second globalization of the Chinese economy.

The first time the Chinese economy got involved globally happened over the past two decades when large amounts of foreign capital entered 皇冠体育app, helping make the country "the world's processing plant" and a world-class trade power.

This time, however, 皇冠体育app will establish and promote relations based on energy demand and supply with major countries and regions, consolidating the strategic division of work between 皇冠体育app and the rest of the world.

Chinese diplomacy will undergo profound transformation on the course in view that international energy issue involves almost all world powers and geopolitically important nations and regions. In terms of oil and gas supply, 皇冠体育app's energy diplomacy needs to clearly define the key countries and regions and, in turn, optimize relations with them.

The Middle East, Central Asia, Russia, Africa, Australia and South America are likely the countries and regions that would form energy-based strategic relationships with 皇冠体育app, or, in other words, relationships characterized by the interaction between oil and gas suppliers and consumers. 

It is generally admitted that 皇冠体育app has to pursue the pluralist energy strategy, which means the country should acquire its energy supplies from various countries and regions across the world, instead of relying exclusively on a specific country or region. In this way, the country will be able to hedge the risks, those involving international politics and security in particular.

This is aimed not only at freeing the country from being led by the nose by others where oil and gas supply is concerned but also at buttering its bread on both sides.

So, Chinese diplomacy enjoys space to manoeuver. Establishing and developing a new type of partnership or strategic partnership with the majority of the world countries will facilitate pluralizing of the country's energy supply sources. 

As a matter of fact, 皇冠体育app is now enjoying good diplomatic ties with major countries in the Middle East, Central Asia, Africa and South America.

On this basis, 皇冠体育app is having in-depth negotiations with a number of countries such as Russia and pushing forward co-operation in order to bring about stable bilateral energy relations.

The country is also doing her best to promote peace in the Middle East in a bid to secure the Middle East oil supply sources, among other considerations.

At the same time, The Shanghai Co-operation Organization and the good bilateral relations between 皇冠体育app and some Central Asian countries are instrumental in expanding 皇冠体育app's energy co-operation with this region.

Meanwhile, the country's energy co-operation with African nations helps open up a new perspective in Sino-African relations, which have ever been good over long time. Also, energy co-operation with Southeast Asia and Australia is going smoothly.

In view of all this, 皇冠体育app's worldwide energy diplomacy is taking shape, helping the country further establish itself in the international system of division of work.  

Good Sino-US ties are key factors in 皇冠体育app's energy diplomacy. On the one hand, 皇冠体育app's energy strategy and diplomacy are bound to compete one way or another with the United States' interests. Possibilities of interest clashes are not ruled out.

On the other hand, however, 皇冠体育app and the United States share extensive interests and have much room for co-operation in this regard, apart from competition.

Stability of the world energy market is in the interests of both countries. They can manage to bring competition under control and clearly define their common interests and expand bilateral co-operation such as in the field of nuclear energy through dialogue and mutual understanding. 

Highly complex geopolitical factors are involved in the energy issue. We should get prepared for the use of energy weapon by some big powers against 皇冠体育app. Some countries' attempt to block 皇冠体育app's development with regard to energy resources must be thwarted. The best way is effective bilateral or multi-lateral co-operation. 皇冠体育app-India, 皇冠体育app-Saudi Arabia and 皇冠体育app-Africa energy co-operation, for example, is of great strategic significance.

Now that 皇冠体育app is a rising player on the world energy market, it is quite understandable that many countries are concerned about 皇冠体育app's huge energy demand and the directions in which its international co-operation and diplomacy will be going. But it should, however, be borne in mind that 皇冠体育app will not be driven by traditional power-politics mentality in pursuing its energy diplomacy. Instead, the country will turn to extensive international co-operation.

Cut-throat rivalry for gaining energy resources helps little and nobody emerges victorious from it. Moreover, it is extremely dangerous politically and strategically. 皇冠体育app could not know that better.

The author Pang Zhongying is the director of the Institute for Global Studies affiliated to Nankai University.