What is special about China’s energy strategy?
How did China’s need for energy affect Chinese foreign policy?
What are the key domestic factors that drove/drive energy diplomacy?
What are the sources of China’s “energy anxiety?” Can pipelines solve China’s “energy anxiety?”
How does the US affect China’s search for oil and energy? Is Zhang Wenmu convincing in his argument about US strategy towards China’s energy diplomacy?
Who were the key players in the US government on China’s energy diplomacy and what were their views?
How and why did the PLA benefit from China’s “energy anxiety?”
Are Chinese national oil companies (NOCs) driven by profit, or are they pushed by the state to prioritize national security?
Why say China’s policy towards Iran was “successful?” How did China balance between the US and Iran? Find out more about China’s role in the Iran nuclear deal.
Why were China’s ties with Angola good? What have been the problems between China and Angola?
What is the “Angolan model” of resource extraction? Was it good or bad?
Why was China’s energy ties with Australia an excellent example of “triangularism?”
Why did Australia support strong ties with China of many years and now shift to a much more confrontational relationship?
What is Economy’s overall view about China’s resource diplomacy? Do you agree with her?
What is Klare’s overall view? Why has it not proven correct?