China's Energy Diplomacy Towards Russia in the XXI Century

Student: Popov Andrey

Faculty: Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Educational Programme: Socioeconomic and Political Development of Modern Asia (Master)

Final Grade: 8

Year of Graduation: 2018

This thesis is devoted to the issue of China’s (the PRC) energy diplomacy towards Russia in the XXI century. In this paper the term “energy diplomacy” implies a set of practices conducted by states in order to provide their national energy companies an advantage in reaching international markets and guaranteeing stable energy supplies . The analysis consequently reveals the relevant features of China’s diplomacy such as the aims and the results of China’s policy, the reasons of its success and the mechanisms of implementation of Chinese diplomatic tactics in order to answer the questions: what aims does China seek to attain in its energy policy towards Russia and also why and how China does attain what it gets from its energy diplomacy towards Russia.

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