The Western focus on China as “the world’s worst polluter” is devious and dishonest – and racist. The purpose of this article is to present the facts on CO2 emissions. China is of course the world’s most populous nation, although India was predicted to surpass China by mid-2023. This is very convenient for Western anti-China rhetoric, as it makes it easy to setup a “straw-man” comparison to the USA or […]
Moves to become a member of BRICS Bank. “The Belt and Road Initiative is laying the foundations for us to break free from the old world of colonialism and imperialism. The enlarged BRICS group is the great engine for the acceleration of the process of the birth of a new world, a world based on cooperation, a world without hegemony.” Nicolas Maduro At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, […]
Blankets made from coconut shells are being used for grassland restoration in South West China’s Sichuan. Grass is successfully sprouting from the ground surface covered by blankets made from coconut shells at the area of the abandoned mines in Ruoergai County of Aba Prefecture, where bedrocks were exposed before. These blankets made from coconut shells have compact structure and strong corrosion resistance. They can effectively inhibit soil erosion, and have […]
China’s energy storage sector is experiencing rapid growth due to an accelerated uptake of renewables in the country’s energy mix. But the energy industry also faces some significant challenges. The following article from Caixin Global looks at five issues for China’s energy storage industry. China’s energy storage sector is growing rapidly, with planned capacity based on newly published tenders of projects topping 19 gigawatts (GW) for the first five months […]
The abundant harvest of giant rice in Guanxi region could play a key role in ensuring China’s food security. Chinese scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding the genetics of rice breeding that could lead to a healthier, higher-yield hybrid variety of the grain. Japonica and Indica rice are two widely grown varieties in China, each with distinct characteristics and geographical distributions. Hybrids of these two types are stronger and more […]
The Global South continues to be subject to neocolonial mechanisms that exacerbate the debt and climate crises. Achieving climate and economic justice requires structural reparations, countering Western debt generation traps and coordinated action to cancel debt to the rich capitalist “G7” countries, particularly the USA. Figures for the first two quarters of 2023 show that the depreciation of US capital is greater than the creation of capital in the United […]
China builds first such commercial small modular reactor in the world – international nuclear experts visit. Over 200 nuclear experts from more than 50 countries and regions visited China’s Linglong-1 (ACP-100) reactor on September 5, 2023, the world’s first onshore commercial small modular reactor (SMR) in Changjiang Li Autonomous County, south China’s Hainan Province. China recently completed the installation of the main part of the world’s first commercial small modular […]
A Chinese state-owned engineering and construction company successfully completed river closure last week marking the start of the main building phase of the $214 million Nyabarongo II Multipurpose Project in Rwanda. The construction of the 43 MW Nyabarongo II Hydropower Plant in Rwanda began in mid-2022 following a groundbreaking ceremony announced by the Minister of Infrastructure. Upon completion, the hydropower plant will include three 14.5MW units built by Sinohydro, a Chinese state-owned hydropower engineering […]
A decade of BRI development sees the ASEAN dream of Trans-Asian Railway network taking shape, and demonstrates China’s global vision on promoting win-win cooperation, common development Introduction – The Silk Road spirit Over 2,000 years ago, when the world was separated by high mountains and vast oceans, Chinese ancestors opened a transcontinental passage connecting Asia, Europe and Africa, known as the Silk Road, and created sea routes linking the East […]
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