Geo-political Perspective, The Chinese Oil Diplomacy Strategy

Petroleum is the fuel and power which human rely on. It is not only a kind of merchandise but also"political merchandise". It is the keystone that many countries scramble for. Geopolitics is a vital advisement of a country's foreign policy and stratagem. The geographical distributing of petroleum and the strain of international petroleum pattern urge each country to regard geopolitics.Integrated calculating about the transformation of international petroleum geographical pattern and international petroleum market and practicality of our country, we believe that the petroleum competition and petroleum security become worse. World petroleum is mainly distributing in areas such as Middle East, Russia-Middle Asia, South America and North Africa. So that, for China, these areas should be important strategic areas. The author is cognizant of the influence of geographical to petroleum economy. Consequently,claim to research petroleum status in the view of geographical and to constitute petroleum foreign policy.This article followed by International Stratagem,Geopolitics and Diplomacy theory. It combines time to space, quantitative analysis to qualitative analysis, theory to practice. Firstly, it presents the conceptions of geopolitics and petroleum foreign policy and their relationship, point out the importance of researching international petroleum problem in the view of geopolitics. Then,analyze the history and trend of world petroleum pattern. Expatiate the petroleum environment of circumjacent countries around China particularly and the petroleum policy of big countries and areas. Expound the tide of petroleum development and China's petroleum environment in the view of geopolitics. Point out the challenge that China face to. Finally give advice to China's petroleum diplomacy stratagem.