5.1.3 Motives of the Chinese Government in Launching the WEGPs -- 5.1.4 Involvement of Private Investments -- 5.2 Case Two: Oil Pricing Reform -- 5.2.1 Before 1998: Pre-integration Phases -- 5.2.2 1998-Present: Price Integration -- 5.2.3 Changes of Market Milieu and NOC's Mixed Roles -- 5.3 Conclusion -- 6 SMMA and China's Foreign Quest for Oil and Gas -- 6.1 Overall Picture of China's Foreign Quest for Oil and Gas -- 6.2 Motivations of China's Foreign Quest for Oil and Gas -- 6.2.1 Government Motivations -- 6.2.2 Corporate Motivations -- 6.3 USE of SMMA and Energy Cooperation Under the BRI -- 6.4 The "Marketization" Side of China's Foreign Energy Quest -- 6.5 Conclusion -- 7 SMMA in China's Foreign Energy Quest: Three Cases -- 7.1 Case One: Sino-Japanese Contest for Russian Oil Pipeline -- 7.1.1 Initial Stage: China's Impassiveness to Russia's Pipeline Proposal -- 7.1.2 Tussle Between Chinese Companies and China's Changing Attitude -- 7.1.3 China's Counteractions Against Japanese Contest -- 7.1.4 SMMA and the Case -- 7.2 Case Two: Sino-Kazakhstan Oil Pipeline -- 7.2.1 Stage One: Sino-Kazakhstan Pipeline Scheme-1997 -- 7.2.2 Stage Two: Pipeline Plan Shelved-1999 -- 7.2.3 Stage Three: Pipeline Restarted-2003 -- 7.3 Case Three: CNOOC vs. CHEVRON-Acquisition Battle Over Unocal -- 7.3.1 CNOOC's Bid for Unocal: Politics Driven? -- 7.3.2 Why a Hands-off Policy? -- 7.3.3 CNOOC's Bid: Commercially Driven? -- 7.4 Conclusion -- 8 Is China's Approach Distinctive?-Comparative Analysis with the US and India -- 8.1 Perceptions of Energy Security in China, US, and India -- 8.2 Measures of Ensuring Energy Security -- 8.2.1 Similarities -- 8.2.2 Distinctions -- 8.3 Major Players Serving Energy Security in China, US, and India -- 8.4 Role of the State and Government-Business Relationship -- 8.5 Do the Major Players' Behaviors Fundamentally Differ from Each Other?. |