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The Competition for Oil and Energy Resources among China, Japan, and the United States
並列摘要
It has been projected that China's economy could grow at an annual rate of 9% for the next 20 years. This strong economic development has increased China's need for energy resources, in particular oil and gas. To meet the country's rapidly increasing demand for oil, Beijing has been encouraging its state-controlled companies to secure exploration and supply agreements with oil-producing countries in the Middle East, Central Asia, Latin America, North America, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. Some countries, especially the United States and Japan, are concerned about the impact of China's hunt for resources on their efforts to achieve foreign policy and energy security goals. The United States is concerned about China's moves to enter markets within its ”oil sphere of influence” and to strike oil deals with those countries that the United States has been trying to isolate or punish for failing to promote democracy, respect human rights, or for participating in the trade involving WMDs. Meanwhile, Japan is worried about China's plans to exploit oil and gas resources in the disputed waters of the East China Sea. Additionally, Japan and China are competing for a pipeline to be built by Russia to transport that country's oil from Angarsk in central Siberia to the Pacific Chinese port of Daqing or from Taishet to the Russian Pacific port of Nakhodka. The purpose of this article is to discuss recent developments concerning the competition for oil among China, Japan, and the United States.