China and the Politics of Oil.

The article looks at the speech about China and the oil industry delivered by Foreign Policy Research Institute's (FPRI) Jacqueline N. Deal during a conference held in Washington, D.C. in 2012. It says that Deal identified oil and energy security as an important factor in the geopolitical competition between the U.S. and China. It also notes that Deal discussed the role of oil accessibility in global conflict, the use of an indirect approach to competition, and the importance of geopolitics.