In response to the question “Why do you rob banks?”, the U.S. bank robber, Willie Sutton, is reputed to have answered “Because that’s where the money is”. In the same way cash-poor, resource-rich countries and resource companies are today turning to China, because that’s where … Continue Reading ››
“China: oil supply and demand”, Institute of Petroleum Week conference on ‘Meeting demand for expanding economies – needs and expectations’
19th February 2009.
China and Russia: is CNPC about to ride again to the rescue of Rosneft?
The energy relationship between China and Russia is increasingly becoming a “spectator sport” in the sense that spectators gain more interest from the relationship than the parties themselves. Despite more than ten years of rhetoric from both sides about the need and desirability for collaboration … Continue Reading ››
“The overseas activities of China’s national oil companies”, British Institute of Energy Economics
Meeting on China’s energy policies, Chatham House, London, 11th February 2009.
China’s higher fuel taxes: a step forward or more headaches for the government?
After fifteen years of debate, China’s government decided in December 2008 to raise significantly the taxes on oil products. The increases came into effect on 1st January 2009 and apply to the full range of oil products from lubricant oil and fuel oil, to jet kerosene and … Continue Reading ››
Energy production and social marginalisation in China
Andrews-Speed, P and X. Ma , (2008)
Journal of Contemporary China 17 (55), 247-272.
Foreign direct investment in countries of the former Soviet Union: relationship to governance, economic freedom and corruption perception
M. Kenisarin and P. Andrews-Speed, (2008)
Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 41, 301-316.
“Climate Change and Energy Security: the Case of China”, Conference on Climate Change and Energy Security: Major Challenges for the European Union
Brussels, 15-16th December 2008.
Low(er) oil prices: what they might mean for oil importers like China
I had to think twice before writing the title for this piece. I wrote the words ‘low oil prices’, and then realised that what we call ‘low’ today would have been considered ‘high’ just five years ago, and almost ‘very high’ ten years ago when the annual average price for Brent crude oil (from … Continue Reading ››
Power sector reform in China”, OECD conference on Regulatory Reform in China
OECD, Paris, 1st December 2008.