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China does not dominate global coal financing: US research study

July 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

“In 2020 Japan financed the most overseas coal power plants providing US$7.8bn annually, while Korea provided US$5.3bn and Canada provided US$4.3bn“ Global Trade Review Over the past 3 years, the Western media has waged a politically motivated campaign of misinformation, attempting to portray China as the “world’s worst polluter” and as engaging in a climate wrecking global spree of building coal fired power stations. As China Environment News has pointed […]

Community seedbanks are protecting China’s crops

July 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs found that of 11,590 grain crop varieties planted in the country in 1956, only 3,271 varieties remained in 2014. In an effort to combat dwindling crop diversity across China, the government has bolstered its system of national genebanks, plus issued recent policy recommendations. These are making positive steps towards large-scale conservation; however, there has been relatively little attention given to the role of […]

US moves to sabotage global solar power manufacturing

July 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

US trade war and illegal sanctions risk shortages in world’s top silicon-producing region. TOKYO — on 4 July 2021, the Nikkei Asia news outlet reported that US sanctions against the Chinese solar manufacturing industry “are now casting a shadow over the solar industry” and “one of the world’s biggest sources of silicon.” The article reported that “the price of silicon used to make polycrystalline wafers for solar panels now stands at […]

US sanctions on China sabotage global solar power manufacturing

July 11, 2021 CEN_com 0

US trade war and illegal sanctions risk shortages in world’s top silicon-producing region. TOKYO — on 4 July 2021, the Nikkei Asia news outlet reported that US sanctions against the Chinese solar manufacturing industry “are now casting a shadow over the solar industry” and “one of the world’s biggest sources of silicon.” The article reported that “the price of silicon used to make polycrystalline wafers for solar panels now stands at […]

China’s wild giant pandas no longer endangered: government

July 8, 2021 CEN_com 0

The number of giant pandas in the wild in China has reached more than 1,800 and their status has been changed from “Endangered” to “Vulnerable,” the Chinese government said on 7 July 2021. Apart from wild giant pandas, the living conditions of rare and endangered species such as Tibetan antelope and Père David’s deer, also known as the milu, have been improved, the Chinese Department of Nature and Ecology Conservation […]

China unveils new 5-year development plan to spur the circular economy

July 8, 2021 CEN_com 0

NDRC underlines better resource utilization, lower wastage, green moves, recycling China’s top economic regulator, the National Development and Reform Commission on 7 July 2021 unveiled a new development plan to spur the circular economy in the next five years. The plan’s goal is to increase efficiency of utilization of resources and foster high-quality development during the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25). Commenting on the plan, experts said the new plan […]

China’s oil industry is undergoing a serious makeover

July 8, 2021 CEN_com 0

China’s establishment of a national pipeline network, PipeChina, last October is creating a shift in China’s oil and gas industry, which aims to create greater competition and encourage new players in the sector. The move is also a step towards optimize the industry’s energy consumption structure to enable more use of electricity generated from renewable sources through market trading. PipeChina acquired the oil and gas pipeline assets, storage facilities, and import […]

Incredible progress in environmental rule of law in China since 2015

July 8, 2021 CEN_com 0

The US oligarchy’s media continues its irrational, racist hysterical attacks on every aspect of Chinese life. Part of this American State orchestrated campaign of lies is that China lacks “the rule of law”. Below we provide a short commentary of the progress China has made in strengthening and modernizing the rule of law in relation to the environment. Most of this sort of information is censored and hidden by the […]

China key to Vietnam’s solar success

July 8, 2021 CEN_com 0

Vietnam has been a Southeast Asia solar success story. It went from having barely any generation in 2018 to a quarter of its total installed capacity being solar – a 100-fold increase in two years. This rapid growth is mainly down to the Vietnamese government’s feed-in tariff which provides a guaranteed above-market price for renewable energy producers; other incentives signed off in 2017 in an attempt to pivot away from lagging fossil fuel projects; and cheaper solar […]

Surge in terrorist attacks on Hong Kong as 9 arrested making bombs

July 7, 2021 CEN_com 0

BREAKING NEWS: NINE PEOPLE, including six secondary students, were arrested today (6 July 2021) making major explosives for use in Hong Kong. On 1 July, Hong Kong suffered its first-ever suicide terrorist attack. The suicide attack happened in Hong Kong Island’s busiest spot. The terrorist attempted to murder an on-duty police officer by stabbing him in the back. The terrorist then killed himself. The suicide attack came only two days […]