The Role Of China In The Petro Political Map Of The 21st Century

Abstract

This case presents the financial, political, and ethical dilemmas faced by an entrepreneur from London. His company, Shell Company of the Sudan Limited (Shell Sudan), is an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell that no longer has operations in Sudan as of December 2008.  Meanwhile, the Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) has increased its exploitation of African oil in Darfur, Sudan.  This paper introduces the reader to the new face that the black gold is giving to Chinese Foreign Trade Policy.  The aim of the paper is to raise the debate about the world leadership that the emerging economy of China will develop during the XXI Century.