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 […]

The new BRICS alliance: mortal threat to West

August 2, 2022 CEN_com 0

A new global reserve currency will undermine US dollar supremacy. China Environment Net comments:The author of the following article correctly describes the changes that are taking place in the global economy as “the biggest that have been seen since 1945. Yet there is very little discussion of it in the Western press or in political circles.” He asks: “Are Western leaders planning for this? Do they have a strategy for […]

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Chinese research: Global warming of 2.0C could ‘double’ flooding costs in China compared to 1.5C

August 1, 2022 CEN_com 0

Economic losses from flooding in China at 2C of global warming could be double those at 1.5C, research suggests.  The study was by a group of researchers at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, and the College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. Their findings were published in the journal Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, estimates future […]

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Indonesia champions shift to clean energy

July 30, 2022 CEN_com 0

With G20 presidency, country aims to push for more action on climate change Indonesia has flagged its strong commitment to curbing emissions, with its plans to reduce reliance on fossil fuels likely to resonate with fellow members of the G20 group of nations at a summit in Bali where climate action is expected to be high on the agenda. Upon Indonesia taking over the G20 presidency late last year, President […]

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US pushes dangerously close to war against China

July 30, 2022 CEN_com 0

Late in the evening of 28 July 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping held a frank phone conversation with US President Joe Biden, during which he once again warned the US about the seriousness and significance of the Taiwan question. The public opinion of the 1.4 billion Chinese people cannot be defied. Those who play with fire will perish by it. It is hoped that the US will be clear-eyed about […]