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 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 […]

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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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 […]

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USA: world’s largest producer of oil AND its largest oil consumer

July 29, 2022 CEN_com 0

The Largest Oil Producers in 2021 According to an analysis by Elements Newsletter based on the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2022, roughly 43% of the world’s oil production came from just three countries in 2021 — the US, Saudi Arabia, and the Russian Federation. Together, these three countries produced more oil than the rest of the top 10 combined. The US surpassed Saudi Arabia as the largest oil producer in […]

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Google oligarchy ranks filled with CIA agents: ‘national security’ search engine

July 28, 2022 CEN_com 0

Google dominates on-line search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, and related computer software. It is one of the largest and most influential US oligarchies in the today’s world order – and it is filled with “ex”-CIA agents. Studying employment websites and databases, MintPress has ascertained that the Silicon Valley giant has hired dozens of professionals from the Central Intelligence Agency in recent years. Moreover, an inordinate number of these recruits work […]

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Cuba and China discuss trade relations and Maritime Silk Road

July 26, 2022 CEN_com 0

Chinese commercial representatives based in Cuba met with the Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Cuba (CCC) on 20 July, 2022 in Havana to discuss BRI trade and investment opportunities in the Greater Antilles. ** During the meeting, updated information was provided on Cuba’s participation in the Maritime Silk Road Initiative of the 21st century. The event was chaired by CCC Vice President Ruben Ramos, and was attended by […]

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More countries knocking on BRICS’ door: a sign the world needs fairer governance than West-dominated one

July 23, 2022 CEN_com 0

The following article is based on an interview with Zhu Tianxiang, director of the Center for BRICS Political and Security Studies at the Institute of BRICS Studies of Sichuan International Studies University. It was first published in the Chinese newspaper the Global Times on July 16, 2022. BRICS, a grouping of major emerging economies — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — has become one of the trending buzzwords in global public opinion lately. […]