%0 Journal Article %T La seguridad energ¨¦tica en la pol¨ªtica exterior de China en el siglo XXI %A Rubiolo %A Mar¨ªa Florencia %J CONfines de relaciones internacionales y ciencia pol¨ªtica %D 2010 %I Tecnol¨®gico de Monterrey %X the growing pace of the people's republic of china, which between the years 1999 and 2008 kept an average annual rate over 9%, has caused an increasing need of natural resources. since 1993, when the country turns into a distinct oil importer, beijing's worries regarding energetic dependence and supply instability deepened. in tune with the domestic energy context, beijing starts to redefine its foreign policy strategies based on a new concept of energy security. the aim of this article is to analyze how this concept influences the contemporary chinese foreign policy. %K foreign policy %K oil %K people's republic of china %K energy security %K partnership. %U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1870-35692010000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en