| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立中山大學 === 大陸研究所 === 94 === This paper has found that China''s foreign energy policies are based on two very powerful, yet completely different concepts: interdependence and economic nationalism. Interdependence can be thought of as the international environment that China must maneuver through when
executing their foreign energy policies, and is heavily influenced not only by political events or natural disasters in oil producing areas around the world, but by market forces as well. We can see the affects
of interdependence in China''s foreign energy policies as its attempts to reduce the sensitivities and vulnerabilities that it often creates. What is important to note when analyzing China''s foreign energy policies is that China does not fully embrace or learn from the concept of interdependence, but merely reacts and adjusts to the changing circumstances its creates. China''s domestic conditions, specifically the state of its energy sector and heavy industry, are what truly drive China''s foreign energy policies. These domestic conditions manifest themselves in the form of strategies along the
lines of economic nationalism and mercantilism.
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