China’s oil sector has been dominated by three large state-owned oil companies in charge of developing the country …’s domestic reserves, building and operating pipelines, managing China’s increasingly sophisticated downstream, and filling its … strategic petroleum reserves (SPR). Over the years, as China’s demand has outstripped production, they have also become major …

This paper analyses changes in China's relations with socialist countries. It uses Chinese academic publications to add … of China's foreign behaviour. The paper starts with an overview of role theory, integrating Chinese scholars' writings on … images of ego and alter to identify the main patterns and frames of China's selfproclaimed national role(s). It argues that …

The book is a timely call for a more cautious and restrictive use of Death Penalty in China. But what matters most at …