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Energy diplomacy

Energy diplomacy

A rapidly evolving global energy landscape has shaped international relations in recent years. China’s foreign policy has also been adapting to the changes as energy security and cooperation become an increasingly important part of the country’s economic and diplomatic agenda.

Bangladesh starts receiving uranium from Russia for Moscow-backed nuclear power plant

Video | Uranium arrives in Bangladesh for Russia-backed nuclear plant

6 Oct 2023 - 6:00PM

Video | US and China resume climate diplomacy

18 Jul 2023 - 5:15PM

Video | Japan, Saudi Arabia reaffirm clean-fuel cooperation

17 Jul 2023 - 5:00PM

China-Russia relations

China’s appetite for Russian energy hit by poor consumption, soaring prices

Buyers in China are seen to be more cautious on energy trade and investment with Russia since its invasion of Ukraine, with some halting or reducing purchases while others opt to use a third party.

7 Jul 2022 - 10:53AMvideocam

Calculations by the Post indicate that the average import price of crude in April was 70.3 per cent higher than the same time in 2021. Photo: AP

Russia cuts off gas to Finland over payments dispute

Most gas used in Finland comes from Russia but gas only accounts for about 5 per cent of the Scandinavian country’s annual energy consumption.

21 May 2022 - 1:34PM

Japanese PM steps up China rhetoric ahead of Biden visit

‘Rocky times ahead’ for Sino-Japanese ties, analyst warns, with countering China also believed to be high on Biden’s agenda during Tokyo visit.

21 May 2022 - 9:05PMvideocam

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China-Russia relations

Chinese firms ‘told to stop work on Russian Arctic LNG 2 project’

Fabricators received notifications to halt work on modules by the end of this month, according to industry publication.

20 May 2022 - 9:00PMvideocam

Novatek’s LNG Construction Centre in Belokamenka, outside Murmansk in the far northwest of Russia. Photo: Handout

China, Russia tipped to power up energy ties as Europe steps back

China remains a stable buyer of Russian oil and unlikely to join Western sanctions, analyst says.

7 Jul 2022 - 10:53AMvideocam

Russia to cut electricity to Finland amid Ukraine tensions, Nato bid

The Finnish electricity network operator says it will be able to make do without Russian power with help from Sweden and Norway.

14 May 2022 - 3:10PM

Putin says Western sanctions sparking global economic crisis

The president said the penalties were fomenting a global crisis that would whiplash against the EU and trigger famine for some of the world’s poorest nations.

13 May 2022 - 1:01AMvideocam

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Photo: EPA-EFE

Ukraine cuts some Russian gas flow to Europe, threatening energy supply

Ukraine’s operator blamed Moscow’s occupying forces for its move to stop sending fuel via Sokhranivka, one of two key entry points.

11 May 2022 - 11:26AMvideocam

Russia has been sending gas via Ukraine normally despite the conflict, but Kyiv previously warned Moscow that the actions of its troops in the Luhansk region could end up halting about a third of the gas it exports to Europe. Photo illustration: Reuters

Can Vietnam revive flagging wind, solar to transition to clean energy?

China’s experience could offer lessons but Hanoi remains wary of involving Chinese investors in projects deemed crucial to national security.

10 May 2022 - 11:03AM

Putin warns West of ‘lightning response’ to intervention in Ukraine

Russia’s leader said that his military would not hesitate to use the most modern weaponry: ‘We have all the tools for this’.

28 Apr 2022 - 12:21PMvideocam

Russia cuts gas to Poland and Bulgaria in major escalation over Ukraine

Bulgaria has accused Russia of abusing its gas exports as an economic and political weapon, and says it ‘will not negotiate under pressure’.

27 Apr 2022 - 8:51PMvideocam

Valves and pipelines are seen at the Gaz-System gas distribution station in Gustorzyn, central Poland in September 2014. Photo: Reuters

Belt and Road Initiative

China and Saudi Arabia reaffirm energy ties as Ukraine war pushes up prices

Talks meant to ease speculation about China’s oil purchases, analyst says.

16 Apr 2022 - 12:31AMvideocam

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (left) and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke over the phone on Friday to discuss energy ties. Photo: Handout

Putin accuses Western banks of failing to make gas payments

Russia’s president has demanded that demanded that EU countries pay for deliveries of Russian gas in roubles in future.

15 Apr 2022 - 2:17PMvideocam

Opinion | India’s reasons for stance on Russia go beyond guns and butter

India’s imports of Russian arms, fossil fuels and more only partly explain why it has not joined the West’s sanctions against Russia. India has feet in both the global south and the Western alliance, and it wants a multipolar world where it does not kowtow to any great power.

14 Apr 2022 - 2:06AMvideocam

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Japan grapples with higher energy bills as war forces Russia ties rethink

Russia has been useful for Japan’s energy security especially after 2011 when it moved away from nuclear power. But where Tokyo once drew a line at weaning itself off Russian fuel, it now faces a reckoning.

11 Apr 2022 - 8:33AMvideocam

A Japanese liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier anchored near an LNG plant on the Russian island of Sakhalin. File photo: Reuters

South Korea makes other energy supply plans as Russia faces more sanctions

Asia’s fourth-largest economy is gearing up for supply shocks even though Russia is not its biggest energy supplier. An analyst says it’s desirable for Seoul to keep the door open to Russian energy.

11 Apr 2022 - 8:29AMvideocam

Asia’s energy future thrown into doubt as EU’s Russia boycott takes shape

Asia’s economies will have to compete with the EU for LNG supplies from the Gulf and the US. Fears are growing of the knock-on effect on economic growth, political stability and climate change.

11 Apr 2022 - 8:28AMvideocam

China urged to fully fund Argentina’s US$8.3 billion nuclear plant

A belt tightening deal with the IMF has prompted Buenos Aires to ask Beijing to rework February agreement that has Argentina picking up 15 per cent of the bill.

6 Apr 2022 - 2:56PM

The China National Nuclear Corporation has said it will finance 85 per cent of Argentina’s nuclear power plant. Photo: Shutterstock

Ukraine: Germany resists EU ban on Russian gas as new sanctions prepared

Finance Minister Christian Lindner says Germany must end economic ties to Moscow and plan tough sanctions ‘but gas cannot be substituted in short term, would inflict more damage on ourselves than on them’.

4 Apr 2022 - 11:41PMvideocam

The flame on a burning gas hob. Germany, which relies heavily on Russian gas, has major concerns over securing supplies during Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Photo: AFP

US spells out sanctions on Russia, heaping more pressure on China

While Chinese firms may take measures to avoid running afoul of US sanctions, overall China-Russia trade should remain strong because most products will not be affected.

30 Mar 2022 - 12:56AMvideocam

Business of climate change

China among countries that should rein in natural gas power plant expansion

Almost a fifth of the world’s gas power capacity under construction and a tenth of the planned capacity are in China, San Francisco-based non-profit research organisation Global Energy Monitor said last week.

26 Mar 2022 - 10:45AMvideocam

China’s Sinopec ‘pauses Russia projects, as Beijing wary of sanctions’

The state-run group has suspended talks for a major petrochemical investment and a gas marketing venture, amid mounting sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine.

28 Mar 2022 - 10:26AMvideocam

A pump attendant refuels a car at a Sinopec station in Beijing in February. Photo: Reuters

Biden ‘hopeful’ China’s economic ties to West will keep it from arming Russia

The US president, in Europe for talks with allies, said he had reminded Xi Jinping of the economic dynamic, including how many Western companies have pulled out of Russia, during their ‘very straightforward conversation’ last week.

25 Mar 2022 - 8:01AMvideocam

US President Joe Biden speaks after a G7 meeting in Brussels on Thursday. Photo: EPA-EFE

Putin wants ‘unfriendly’ countries to pay for Russian gas in roubles

Europe’s dependence on Russian gas has been thrown under the spotlight amid Western sanctions over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

24 Mar 2022 - 7:08AMvideocam

China in ‘critical stage’ for energy security as Ukraine war ramps up risks

China’s 14th five-year plan for energy stresses independence and import diversification, but cooperation with Russia is tipped to grow following international isolation over its invasion of Ukraine.

24 Mar 2022 - 9:24AMvideocam

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