China's Oil Demand Complicates Relations with U.S.  This year
the Chinese National Offshore Oil Company made a bid to buy the
American oil company Unocal. The bid, later withdrawn, sparked a
new controversy between Washington and Beijing and reinforced
China's status as a competitor for fuel. Mike Shuster has the
third part of his series on China-U.S. relations.    This is
MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.   And I'm
Renee Montagne.  The recent bid by the Chinese National Offshore
Oil Company to buy the American oil company Unocal has
highlighted a new and growing controversy between the US and
China: the competition for oil and energy worldwide. The Chinese
bid was eventually withdrawn after it sparked a gusher of
criticism, especially in Congress. In the third of our four-part
series on US-China relations, NPR's Mike Shuster reports on the
US, China and oil.  MIKE SHUSTER reporting:  The bid of the
Chinese National Offshore Oil Company blindsided the United
States. The notion that a Chinese c