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Quarterly Journal of Chinese Thought

June 12, 2023 CEN_com 0

Wenhua Zongheng – New English Edition of Quarterly Journal of Chinese Thought launched Wenhua Zongheng is a newly launched international publication bringing together articles originally produced in the mainland China magazine of the same name in Chinese. It is jointly published in English, Spanish and Portuguese, by Wenhua Zongheng, the Tricontinental Institute for Social Research, and Dongsheng – which produces the newsletter News on China. The appearance of the international edition of […]

China leader in clean hydrogen

June 12, 2023 CEN_com 0

China is set to become the world’s top importer of clean hydrogen over the next decade until it achieves self-sufficiency around 2050. Its own domestic clean hydrogen market is projected to reach $265 billion annually by 2050. According to a Deloitte report on 8 June 2023, the company’s research “suggests that Asia-Pacific will capture almost 55% of the [clean energy] market in 2030, driven by skyrocketing demand in China, India, […]

Mexico to join BRICS amid US tensions

June 11, 2023 CEN_com 0

Mexico has expressed interest in joining the five-member BRICS group of emerging economies, amid tensions with its northern neighbor – the United States. Some social media have claimed that Mexico has made the groundbreaking decision to apply to join the BRICS nations, but this has not been officially confirmed. In April 2023 the Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said the country shares the vision and values of the BRICS group. He […]

BRICS cooperate on sustainable cities

June 11, 2023 CEN_com 0

Ministers and senior officials from BRICS member states have pledged enhanced partnerships aimed at promoting sustainable urban development in the face of multiple challenges including pollution and climate emergencies. NAIROBI, June 8, 2023 — Ministers and senior officials from BRICS member states on Tuesday pledged enhanced partnerships aimed at promoting sustainable urban development in the face of multiple challenges including pollution and climate emergencies. The ministers and senior officials from […]

PNG: AUKUS preparation for war on China

June 10, 2023 CEN_com 0

AUKUS isn militarising Papua New Guinea in preparation for war with China urnalist John Pilger’s 2017 documentary The Coming War With China warned that the US had established a “perfect noose” of 400-odd military bases surrounding China, while former Australian PM Paul Keating recently asserted that the AUKUS deal makes us part of this “containment policy”. Indeed, the AUKUS, local US force posture initiatives and increasing interoperability between US and Australian forces have heightened the premise that this relationship has relegated our […]

Ukraine breaches Russian controlled dam

June 10, 2023 CEN_com 0

Ukraine breaches Russian-controlled Nova Kakhovka dam causing major flooding for down stream towns The Nova Kakhovka dam in the Russian-controlled area of southern Ukraine was breached on Tuesday 6 June 2023, unleashing a flood of water to the downstream area. Predictably, the familiar “false flag” strategy was rolled out without any evidence, by Ukraine’s military and its NATO partners. These and their media acolytes have accused Russia of blowing up […]

BRICS Bank & de-dollarization

June 10, 2023 CEN_com 0

New Development Bank: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Zimbabwe new members The BRICS bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa is expanding, and building a new economic architecture to challenge the dominance of the U.S. dollar. One of the most important institutions created by the BRICS is the New Development Bank (NDB). This is a Global South-oriented alternative to the World Bank, which is located in and essentially controlled by the […]

Clean heating in rural China

June 9, 2023 CEN_com 0

This year marks the ten-year anniversary of a government campaign to clean up China’s heating systems. Until 2013, rural households in northern China generally burned coal for heat, with each stockpiling hundreds of kilograms in the run-up to winter. Burning coal in small domestic stoves can create ten times as much pollution as doing so in a power plant. Household burning of the fuel was also a major cause of winter smog. […]

Ukrainian sabotage – toxic ammonia cloud

June 8, 2023 CEN_com 0

Casualties reported among the civilian population “A Ukrainian and reconnaissance group” blew up the Togliatti-Odessa ammonia pipeline in Kharkov region on Monday night, the Russian Defense Ministry said on June 7. Casualties among the civilian population have been reported. Ammonia is used for a variety of industrial and agricultural purposes. It is a toxic gas or liquid that, when concentrated, is corrosive to tissues upon contact. Exposure to ammonia in sufficient […]

China: Extreme heat & climate change

June 6, 2023 CEN_com 0

In August last year (2022) CEN reported on heat wave conditions hitting China. Similar conditions since hit India and South East Asia. Researchers at Tsinghua University and the Beijing Institute of Economics and Management said that this was no longer unusual, and stressed that “the world needs to adopt stronger climate change mitigation and adaptation measures, such as reducing the use of fossil fuels and increasing urban green spaces.” Heat-related […]