Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing Among World’s Best Science Cities. Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing scored in the top six on a ranking of the world’s top municipalities that have the best conditions to nurture innovative scientific and technological talent, according to a report released at the ongoing Pujiang Innovation Forum in Shanghai. Shenzhen came in second place, Shanghai fourth and Beijing sixth, according to the report which was carried out by the […]
How has the BRI changed the world? The China-inspired Belt & Road Initiative is ten years old. This linked short essay is one of the best available in English on the megaproject’s wide-ranging, epoch-making and world-wide significance. It was written by Professor Wang Wen of Renmin University of China, with this introduction taken from Thomas Hon Wing Polin at the Dragon’s Eye. BRI is the largest development venture in history. It’s what Western […]
China leads in number of science & technology clusters. China has surpassed the US to host the world’s largest number of science and technology clusters, according to the 2023 edition of the Global Innovation Index, with the five top science and technology clusters in East Asia. Tokyo-Yokohama leads as the largest global S&T cluster, followed by Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou, Seoul, China’s Beijing and Shanghai-Suzhou clusters. Nanjing, Wuhan, Hangzhou and other geographical […]
China leads in number of science & technology clusters. China has surpassed the US to host the world’s largest number of science and technology clusters, according to the 2023 edition of the Global Innovation Index, with the five top science and technology clusters in East Asia. Tokyo-Yokohama leads as the largest global S&T cluster, followed by Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou, Seoul, China’s Beijing and Shanghai-Suzhou clusters. Nanjing, Wuhan, Hangzhou and other geographical […]
What are biodiversity offsets? In recent years, biodiversity offsets and credits have been promoted as one of the key ways to finance nature conservation and support global biodiversity goals.Put simply, “biodiversity offsetting” is a system for placing a value on a habitat, plant or animal, meaning the “credit” or “unit” can be bought or sold to “offset” damage being done, thereby creating a financial incentive to conserve natural assets elsewhere. […]
Obstruction of UK nuclear deal widely seen as US influenced. Under a 2015 nuclear cooperation deal between China and the UK government, the state-owned energy corporation China General Nuclear (CGN) has been involved it the Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project in Essex, England. This was to be the UK’s first new-generation nuclear power station in three decades. The project was given regulatory permission in February 2022, after a […]
China’s first set of floating devices that can turn ocean thermal energy into electricity has successfully completed sea trials in recent weeks, marking a significant step forward in the country’s utilization of renewable energy sources. Ocean thermal energy conversion is a process that can generate electricity by making use of the temperature differences between the sea surface and deep ocean. China is endowed with plentiful of ocean thermal energy conversion […]
The ties between China and Türkiye can be dated back to the ancient Silk Road. Now as the Belt and Road Initiative marks its tenth anniversary, the two sides continue to deepen their relations in the new era. Türkiye has strong economic relations with China and is one of the very early partners of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). In November 2015, China and Türkiye signed a Memorandum of […]
The Western focus on China as “the world’s worst polluter” is devious and dishonest – and racist. The purpose of this article is to present the facts on CO2 emissions. China is of course the world’s most populous nation, although India was predicted to surpass China by mid-2023. This is very convenient for Western anti-China rhetoric, as it makes it easy to setup a “straw-man” comparison to the USA or […]
Moves to become a member of BRICS Bank. “The Belt and Road Initiative is laying the foundations for us to break free from the old world of colonialism and imperialism. The enlarged BRICS group is the great engine for the acceleration of the process of the birth of a new world, a world based on cooperation, a world without hegemony.” Nicolas Maduro At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, […]
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