New cold war at planet’s expense

August 13, 2023 CEN_com 0

Introduction by Friends of Socialist China Following is the editorial from the daily UK socialist newspaper, The Morning Star, published on 7 August 2023. Although the editorial deals with the current hysteria in the UK political establishment over “spying” by Chinese made electric vehicles, most of the commentary is equally applicable to most other Anglo-American media. The newspaper has been a strong supporter of China’s building its unique path to […]

Belt and Road Initiative at 10

August 10, 2023 CEN_com 0

Debt Trap or Development? Ten years after its launch in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has emerged as “the largest infrastructure and development project in human history”. An extensive network of agreements demonstrates the global reach and acceptance of the initiative. By 2021, China had forged Memorandums-of-Understanding (MOUs) with 140 countries and 32 international organizations. Notably, 46 of these MOUs were with African nations, 37 in Asia, 27 in Europe, 11 in […]

US aims to subvert CPEC

August 8, 2023 CEN_com 0

BELT & ROAD INITIATIVE US seeks to destabilize China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Imran Khan jailed. Pakistan is home to the China–Pakistan Economic Corridor — a core node of the Beijing-led Belt & Road Initiative that Washington is keen to destabilize. When he was Pakistan’s leader, Imran Khan was considered by the US as too friendly towards Russia and China. So Washington’s color revolutionists got to work. Thomas Polin The China-Pakistan Economic […]

Methanol run cargo ships for China

August 7, 2023 CEN_com 0

Posted in: China Environment Net on Facebook 7/8/23 Methanol-fueled ships have eclipsed liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels, claiming the premier position for the highest number of environmentally friendly ship orders placed from January to July this year. South Korea’s shipbuilding sector, which has been cultivating its technological expertise in methanol-powered ships as its future growth engine for years, is at the forefront of driving the global market. Nevertheless, the shipbuilding […]

China & Georgia BRI cooperation

August 7, 2023 CEN_com 0

Last week in Beijing, China and Georgia signed documents on a strategic partnership and enhancing cooperation under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. In 2015 Georgia expressed high interest in participating in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and began discussing four important transport infrastructure projects. In November 2017, Georgia hosted the “Tbilisi Belt and Road Forum”. During this event, Georgia signed several important agreements with China, including […]

Russian economy overtakes Germany

August 5, 2023 CEN_com 0

BRICS economies strong as Russia outstrips Germany. Russia’s GDP in PPP terms is outperforming that of Germany, according to World Economics. At the same time, it noted the furious growth seen in China and India over recent years, mirrored by rapid growth in many other Asian nations. These latest figures show that four of the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, China and India – continue in the top ten world […]

CIA ‘edits’ Wikipedia

August 4, 2023 CEN_com 0

CIA moderating Wikipedia – former editor reveals. Intelligence agencies have been manipulating the online encyclopedia for more than a decade, former editor Larry Sanger has revealed. Wikipedia is one of many tools used by the US liberal establishment and its allies in the intelligence community to wage “information warfare,” the site’s co-founder, Larry Sanger, has told journalist Glenn Greenwald. Speaking on Greenwald’s ‘System Update’ podcast, Sanger lamented how the site he helped […]

Australian leaders sellout to US

August 2, 2023 CEN_com 0

 China the real agenda at AUSMIN meeting.  “Australia’s leaders were well aware who is in charge, and it wasn’t them. They knew their role and bent the knee in supplication.“ The Pen The Australia–US Ministerial Meeting (AUSMIN) on the weekend (29 July in Brisbane, Australia) was supposed to be a discussion by partners around issues of mutual Interest. Instead, it Was more like representatives of a vassal state fronting an […]

Australia: AUKUS nuclear waste dump?

July 30, 2023 CEN_com 0

ENVIRONMENT & POLITICS The spectre of an international nuclear waste dump in Australia hangs over AUKUS and what this secretive agreement actually commits Australia to do. The current Australian government is pushing ahead with plans to fully integrate the Australian military with that of the US, and to expand its offensive military capacity in the service of the US regime’s encirclement of China. That much is clear. From an environmental perspective, the […]

BRICS Summit to tackle energy transition

July 26, 2023 CEN_com 0

The expectation is that there will be in-depth discussions on how to deal with and collaborate on climate change and energy transition in aspects such as expediting the new-energy forms and enhancing technological cooperation. Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele As the highly anticipated BRICS Summit 2023 will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa in August, South African Ambassador to China Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele (Cwele) expressed his expectations for the upcoming summit in […]