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China's national oil companies build their presence in North and South America
Although CNPC’s first overseas investments in the early 1990s were in North and South America (Canada and Peru), these continents have not been prime targets for China’s national oil companies (NOCs).  Rather, the companies have been directing their attention to Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The period since ...

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Energy and political relations in East Asia

Funded projects

2007-2008: The Daiwa & Sasakawa Foundation Grants, £4,880. "The role of national champions on energy security: the case of the UK and Japan".

2003: Institute of Energy Economics of Japan/ the Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry of Japan (US$50,000). "Strategies for achieving ASEAN + 3 energy co-operation".

2002: The Japan Foundation Endowment Committee, £3,000. "The petroleum factor in Sino-Japanese relations: beyond energy cooperation".

Publications

Liao, J.X. (2009), "Perceptions and Strategies on Energy Security: the case of China and Japan", in Spotlight on Asia's Energy and Security Challenges, Stockholm: the Institute for Security and Development Policy, pp. 105-119.

Liao, J.X. (2008), "Likely solutions for the Sino-Japanese Dispute over maritime resources in the East China Sea: legal or political?" in J Huang eds., China's Energy Security Studies - Legal and Policy Analysis, Wuhan University, pp.3-23.

Liao, J.X. (2008), Politics of Oil behind Sino-Japanese Energy Security Strategies, Asia Paper, Stockholm: The Institute for Security and Development Policy, 65 pp,

Liao, J.X. 2008), "Sino-Japanese energy security and regional stability: the case of the East China Sea gas exploration", East Asia: An International Quarterly, Vol. 25 No 1, pp. 57-78.

Liao, J.X. (2007), "The petroleum factor in Sino-Japanese relations: beyond energy cooperation", International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Vol.7 No.1, pp. 23-46.

Liao, J.X. (2006), Chinese Foreign Policy Think Tanks and China's Policy Toward Japan, The Chinese University Press, Hong Kong, 371pp

Liao, J.X. (2006), "The Driving Forces behind the Sino-Japanese Energy Competition", Harvard Asia Pacific Review, Summer 2005, pp. 9-11.

Andrews-Speed, P, J.X. Liao and P. Stevens (2005), 'Multilateral energy co-operation in Northeast Asia: promise or mirage?', Oxford Energy Forum Issue 60, pp.13-17.

Links

Andrews-Speed, P., "Energy security in East Asia: a European View", for Symposium on Pacific Energy Cooperation, organised by International Institute of Energy Economics Japan, 12-13 th February 2003, Tokyo.

Japan's Energy Policy in Asia : Cooperation, Competition, Territorial Disputes by Reinhard Drifte