As China has become a net importer of energy, it has increasingly come up against the US in competition for the energy of a third state. Examining this triangular relationship, this book includes case studies on China's energy relationship with countries including Canada, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Anola, Nigeria, Brazil, Kazakhstan, Iran, Sudan and Venezuela, and makes a huge contribution to the literature in fields such as US-China relations, international relations, Chinese foreign policy and global energy geopolitics.

David Zweig is Chair Professor, Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and Director of the Center on China's Transnational Relations. He is Senior Research Fellow of the Asia-Pacific Foundation, Vancouver, Canada, and Associate Chairman, Center on China and Globalization, Beijing, China. His widely known works include Internationalizing China: domestic interests and global linkages (2002).

Yufan Hao is Chair Professor of Political Science and Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Macau. He has written and edited 24 books and monographs, and authored more than 50 journal articles and book chapters on Chinese politics, Chinese foreign relations, U.S.-China relations, and Macao Studies.

Introduction Sino-American Energy Competition in Resource Rich States Part I: Conceptual Frameworks 1. "Resource Diplomacy" Under Hegemony: The Triangular Nature of Sino-U.S Energy Relations 2. China's Energy Needs and Energy Security 3. US Energy Security Strategy and China's Energy Diplomacy Part II: US and Its Allies 4. Sweet and Sour: Sino-Saudi Crude Collaboration and US Crippled Hegemony 5. Resourcing Sino-Australian Relations 6. The True North Strong and Full of Energy: China's Resource Diplomacy and Canada-US Relations Part III: America's Neutrals 7. Angolan Agency and Chinese and US Oil Politics (1975-2014) 8. Triangular or Parallel? China's Relations with Nigeria and the American Context 9. Perspectives and limits on Sino-US competition: the Kazakhstan case study 10. The Impact of Brazil's Expanding Hydrocarbon Reserves on its Relations with the U.S. and the PRC Part IV: America's "Pariahs" and China's Energy Supply 11. The U.S. Factor in Sino-Iranian Energy Relations 12. The Case of Darfur: Diplomacy under influence of Sino-U.S. Resource Rivalry 13. Resource Diplomacy under Hegemony: The Peculiar Case of Venezuela under the Bolivarian Revolution 14. Conclusion: China's "Energy Anxiety"