Facebook’s Ukraine “fact-checking” directly funded by Washington regime

August 9, 2022 CEN_com 0

Most of the fact-checking organizations Facebook has partnered with to monitor and regulate information about Ukraine are directly funded by the U.S. government, either through the U.S. Embassy or via the notorious National Endowment for Democracy (NED). In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an information war as bitter as the ground fighting has erupted, and Meta (Facebook’s official name) announced it had partnered with nine organizations to help it sort fact […]

Nancy Pelosi — Janus of the West

August 9, 2022 CEN_com 0

In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus presided over war and peace and was usually depicted as having two faces. The gates of a building in Rome named after him – an open enclosure with gates at each end – were opened in time of war. The following article was first published by Anthony M Leong on Medium, and is republished by China Environment Net with the permission of the author. It is said […]

Latin America welcomes BRI cooperation, not ideological confrontation

August 9, 2022 CEN_com 0

The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has made steady progress in Latin America during the past three years, which has brought concrete benefits to partner economies with its people centered approach. The growing influence of BRI in Latin America, while the US-led counterweight initiative Growth in the Americas achieved little, showed cooperation and inclusiveness have outmatched confrontation and divisiveness in the region. Global Times on June 08, 2022 reported […]

Latin America welcomes BRI cooperation

August 9, 2022 CEN_com 0

Latin America welcomes BRI cooperation, not ideological confrontation 9 AUGUST 2022 The China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has made steady progress in Latin America during the past three years, which has brought concrete benefits to partner economies with its people centered approach. The growing influence of BRI in Latin America, while the US-led counterweight initiative Growth in the Americas achieved little, showed cooperation and inclusiveness have outmatched confrontation and divisiveness in […]

Our Editorial Perspective 

August 8, 2022 CEN_com 0

Ecological civilization “Global environmental crisis is the product of centuries of Western exploitation of the land, natural resources and labour of the Global South, including the colonized Indigenous Peoples. Seriously tackling the global ecological crisis must involve a global redistribution of power and wealth from the collective West to the Global South. We make no apologies in unequivocally acknowledging that as China has demonstrated, for each country this will require a nationally appropriate […]

Belt and Road – Going Green

August 8, 2022 CEN_com 0

China has responded to calls for a more sustainable BRI. As the developing world strives to meet the Paris Agreement target to limit global warming to below 2 degrees C, there is growing pressure on China to play its part in curbing greenhouse gas emissions. This pressure will only grow as China emerges more decisively as the defacto leader of the Global South and many European Union countries such as […]

BRI: China to build 1000 schools, 2 solar power plants in war-torn Iraq

August 7, 2022 CEN_com 0

Iraq has become the third-biggest Belt and Road Initiative partner in energy engagement, after Russia and Pakistan. Fudan University’s Center for Green Finance and Development in Shanghai reported that in 2021, Iraq received $10.5 billion in investment under the Belt and Road infrastructure initiative.  China–Iraq relations have advanced in recent years, but China-Iraq energy cooperation has been the cornerstone of their bilateral relationship since 1981, when the China Petroleum Engineering […]

China: national soil survey to protect arable land

August 7, 2022 CEN_com 0

Published 2022/08/07 After rapid development and intensive farming, China is to carry out a new national soil survey to help with its food security and carbon targets. Black soil in North East China is some of the most fertile in the world, but the has been damaged by over-cultivation says Chinese Academy of Sciences. China Dialogue (August 2, 2022) published an article by three Chinese scientists. The authors are soil science […]

China helps put digital television on the air in Timor-Leste

August 6, 2022 CEN_com 0

A demonstration project of China-aided terrestrial digital TV transmission system in East Timor (referred to as the “Demonstration Project”), was launched in February 2021. The project is a joint construction under the Belt and Road Initiative between China and Timor-Leste. China and Timor-Leste agreed in 2019 to introduce digital television to Timor-Leste. With the assistance of China, East Timor has its own digital TV system. The first batch of more […]

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Japan starts construction of nuclear wastewater discharging facility despite opposition

August 5, 2022 CEN_com 0

Japan’s nuclear regulator has authorized a plan to release treated water from crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into sea despite widespread criticism. China Global Television Network reports: The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) began construction of a facility for discharging treated nuclear wastewater from Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean despite opposition from the local fishing and other communities and neighboring countries. Plant workers started construction of a pipeline […]