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China publishes white paper on conservation of marine ecosystems

September 2, 2024 CEN_com 0

China has recently unveiled a comprehensive white paper titled “Marine Eco-Environmental Protection in China”, to present China’s ideas, actions and commitments in global governance of the marine eco-environment. The white paper elaborates on the practices of China’s eco-environment protection. First, China’s development of a legal system for marine eco-environmental protection provides a model for global ocean governance. By tightening supervision over marine engineering, waste disposal, mariculture, and maritime transport, China […]

South Africa: Looking to build sustainable cities using China model

September 1, 2024 CEN_com 0

South Africa wants to build new cities to eradicate poverty, with theChinese model that uses a polycentric policy approach mooted as a possible blueprint off which to base this future plan. South Africa Deputy President Paul Mashatile said one of the lessons the country is learning from fellow BRICS member nations is that they have invested in the creation of new cities as a method to eradicate poverty. He was […]

Madagascar – China’s hybrid rice helps food security for African nation

August 30, 2024 CEN_com 0

Average yield of Chinese hybrid rice in Madagascar trials two to three times more than local rice varieties. A prolonged period of exceptional droughts in the African island nation of Madagascar since 2019 reduced agriculture production, placing about 1 million people on average in food insecurity, among which 250 000 suffered a famine situation. Madagascar was also hit by extreme weather events – no less than 5 tropical weather events […]

China No Longer Need to Subsidize EV Enterprises – Chinese expert

August 29, 2024 CEN_com 0

Zhang Weiwei is Professor of Political Science at Fudan University, China and Director of the China Institute of Fudan University. On July 13th, Thai media outlet The Standard aired a 40-minute English interview with renowned Chinese Professor Zhang Weiwei, conducted by famous Thai host Khun Veenarat. The interview garnered significant attention. Selected excerpts from the interview related to the China-US competition are provided below from The China Academy. Interview Extract Khun Veenarat:In the […]

Tonga gets new wind power project – funded and built by China

August 27, 2024 CEN_com 0

Funded by China through its aid program a wind power project is under construction by the Energy China Gezhouba Group in Tonga. It’s expected to be completed and handed over to the government of Tonga by November. The project aims to be a major contributor to the Government of Tonga’s goal of transforming its energy sector by achieving a 70 percent share of renewables in the country’s energy generation mix […]

Chinese agrivoltaics project in Japan operational

August 26, 2024 CEN_com 0

KYOTO, Japan, Aug. 26, 2024  — Trina Solar Co Ltd, a Chinese photovoltaics company founded in 1997, announced the commercial operation of its latest agrivoltaics project, located in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The project is will generate 2,700 MWh of clean energy annually, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 1,760 tons each year. Macau Business Media reports that this solar initiative represents a significant milestone for the Chinese company’s operations in the Japanese market, […]

Climate change induced ‘natural disasters’ continue to hit China

August 26, 2024 CEN_com 0

Extreme weather events continued across China over recent weeks. These “natural disasters” cost China nearly 元77 billion yuan ($10.7bn) last month – the biggest amount of losses for the month of July since 2021. EXTREME WEATHER A “once-in-a-century flood” was recorded by the Zhimenda hydrological station along the Yangtze River in south China, reported China Daily. Shanghai-based The Paper said about 47 “torrential rain warnings” became “effective” in the most populated Guangdong province, […]

China – Weather extremes lower rice yield

August 25, 2024 CEN_com 0

How climate change is driving up food prices. China is a major producer of cereals – growing more rice and wheat than any other country in the world.   Based on the findings of a joint 2023 study by scientists from China, Germany, France and Cyprus, published in the journal Nature, the chart below shows that extreme rainfall cut rice yields in China by around 8% from 1999-2012.  Separate data from China’s National Bureau of Statistics shows that […]

‘Nuclear terrorism’ – Ukraine attack on Kursk nuclear power plant

August 25, 2024 CEN_com 0

CGTN Global reports that Russia on Friday (Aug 23, 2024) accused Ukraine of trying to attack the Kursk nuclear power station in what it called an act of “nuclear terrorism”, days before the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog is due to visit the site. The nuclear plant is located in the Kursk region of western Russia, where fierce fighting has raged since Ukrainian forces launched a military incursion on […]

How China is winning the Green Energy race

August 24, 2024 CEN_com 0

China’s perceived march towards global domination appears to be ruffling some feathers in the Western world, writes David Borlace on his program, Just Have a Think. He notes, China’s version of the industrial revolution has lifted hundreds of millions out of abject poverty, but it is still held up by some as the greatest modern sin against humanity and our climate. So, how accurate is that allegation? What about China’s greenhouse […]