Zatan: Sino-US energy cooperation is an inevitable trend.

<wbr> <P ALIGN="center"> Zatan: Sino-US energy cooperation is an inevitable trend </ P> <P ALIGN="center"> 2007 年 7 月 3 / Dong Xiucheng </ P> <P ALIGN = ."center"> <wbr> </ P> <P> <wbr> <wbr> <wbr> recent years on energy issues become global issues. .The United States is the world's largest oil consumer, imports of oil over 600 million tons per year, in fact, supporting the International Petroleum United States nationals in the high quality of modern life. .China is the world's second largest oil consumer, imported oil more than 130 million tons per year, and the rate of consumption and imports will increase. .Therefore, the two countries compete for oil resources in the world to become the talk of politicians and economists. .Sino-US mutual suspicion, mutual complaints, and even mutual accusations. .Some American scholars and politicians accuse China of Africa and South America's foreign policy, even in the so-called "new colonialism" expansion, where the goal is to get the oil resources. .China is increasingly worried about the American people in the international competition for oil resources, and they separated oil "cake", which may lead to reduced quality of life, so disgusted with the majority of Chinese foreign policy component. .I worked with senior U.S. government energy think tank contact with each other exchanged views on the issue. .In the U.S. academic community, the existence of two distinct views: one is that the U.S. energy conflict is inevitable, sooner or later, of an energy war. .Second, the United States must work together to face the energy challenge, we can solve the problem. .Similarly, there are also similar to the academic community in the country two voices. .I am an optimist, I do not think China and the U.S. war would break out of energy, instead of Sino-US energy cooperation is an inevitable trend, because it conforms to the common interests of both countries. .Energy has become a global issue, the efforts of one country alone can not properly deal with global energy crisis, the US-China cooperation can win. .The two countries are facing the challenges of energy security and price risk, the two countries cooperation in the energy field is important, but the conflict can not solve the problem, but will make the problem more complicated. .Common problems facing both sides is dwindling domestic oil resources and energy supply. .In order to compete for oil resources and engage in confrontation and conflict, is absolutely short-sighted behavior is only to enhance cooperation to meet common energy crisis facing the world, mutually beneficial cooperation, to be able to win. .Can be said that Sino-US energy security issue is whether the healthy development of Sino-US relations. .The senior U.S. think-tanks have asked me this question: "In the Chinese energy experts, in line with your point of view how many people? Your point of view is the mainstream? Are affect the decision-makers in Zhongnanhai?" I laughed and replied: ."I find it difficult to judge, but I firmly believe that my view is correct." .</ P> <P> <wbr> </ P>.