Although it is not specifically about environmental matters, this post will be of particular interest to our members as the majority come from the Asia Pacific region. War is of course a major threat to both humanity and nature. China Environment recommend this article by Thomas Hon Wing Polin (from his China’s World page on Facebook) to all members, and suggest anyone interested should like and follow Thomas’ China’s World […]
Source: Global Times Published: Sep 22, 2021 Aerial photo taken on Dec. 13, 2019 shows the power plant PLTU Java 7 in Bojonegara subdistrict of Banten province, Indonesia. Unit 1 of Indonesia’s coal-fired power plant PLTU Java 7 developed by a consortium of Chinese and Indonesian companies. Photo: XinhuaChinese President Xi Jinping’s pledge at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that China will not build new coal-fired […]
By Thomas Hon Wing Polin “The best single expression of China’s vision for the 21st century is its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the most ambitious development project ever. It is a contemporary version of the original Silk Roads (one land, one maritime), which helped the ancient world flourish for more than a millennium.“ “BRI’s success would help bring about the “Community of Shared Human Destiny,” Xi Jinping’s oft-cited vision […]
By Anthony M Leong Dumping Australia’s French submarine contract, then awarding it to the USA and Great Britain, whilst establishing a new “AUKUS” alliance, has many consequences, mostly problematic. It is axiomatic that any government has a moral obligation to defend its citizens and borders. Citizens must be safe and secure without question. Related to this is by what methods that is met, for it is not just physical, but […]
US realizes cooperation with China indispensable: Analysts US climate envoy John Kerry on 1-2 September 2021 made his second visit to China inside five months under China’s invitation, at a time when the bilateral relationship has hit a nadir not seen in decades. China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment announced on Tuesday that Kerry would visit China this week, under China’s invitation. During his visit, Kerry will discuss cooperation on climate change […]
It is impossible to understand China’s efforts to create an “ecological civilization” without understanding the context of its economic and cultural modernization . To understand China today it is essential to understand the struggle by the Communist Party of China to rapidly modernize that country – just as it is not possible to genuinely understand China’s efforts to create an “ecological civilization” without understanding the context of the economic modernization. […]
Global environmental crisis is the product of centuries of Western exploitation of the land, natural resources and labour of the Global South. Seriously tackling the global ecological crisis must involve a global redistribution of power and wealth from the West to the Global South. We unequivocally acknowledge that in China this has required the building of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Similarly, in other countries there is no doubt that successfully tackling environmental […]
By GRENVILLE CROSS 31 August 2021 About the author: Grenville Cross is a senior counsel, law professor and criminal justice analyst, and was previously director of public prosecutions of the Hong Kong SAR. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including the Standard, the South China Morning Post, and China Daily. This piece was printed simultaneously with China Daily Hong Kong. Anti-China group secretly financed “independent” inquiry which it then pointed […]
Most political colonies have come to an end. But a colonial mind set continues in the Australian media. That colonial media mind set in turn promotes a ‘colonisation of the mind’. By John Menadue, the publisher of Pearls & Irritations. The US Department of Defence maintains, in its own words ‘full spectrum dominance’ throughout the world. Legacy media in the US and the UK has the same dominance . It […]
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