简介:TheUnitedStatesisthemostdevelopedcountryintheworldandthenumberoneenergy-importingcountry.Chinaisthelargestdevelopingcountryandthenumbertwoenergy-importingcountry.TheenergyissueisthusakeyissueinSino-USRelations.TheUnitedStateshasbeenonbadtermswithsomeenergy-rich'problemcountries',whiletheenergycooperationbetweenChinaandthesecountriesisstartingtogowell.Sino-USrelationsnowaffectthewholeworld,andChina'sandtheUnitedStates'relationswiththesekeyenergyproducers—the'thirdpartyfactor'maybecomeamajorsourceofcompetitionandconflictbetweenthetwopowers.