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In China the world’s longest high-speed railway network gets longer

May 22, 2022 CEN_com 0

China has continued to extend its massive railroad system. China put a further 581km of new railway lines into service in the first four months of the year, Xinhua reported on Tuesday, citing data from China State Railway Group. This includes 358km of high-speed railway, data shows. The country saw 157.46 billion yuan (over $23.21 billion) in fixed asset railway investment in the period, up 0.6% year-on-year, according to the […]

China’s Inner Mongolia to spend $79 billion on clean energy by 2025 – more than half of its power will come from renewables by 2030.

May 20, 2022 CEN_com 0

The Inner Mongolia autonomous region is China’s second-biggest source of coal. It recently outlined its five-year plan where it commited to adding 51 gigawatts of wind power and 33 gigawatts of solar over the five-year period through 2025, as well as building some pumped hydro and storage. Inner Mongolia aims to have over 135 gigawatts of renewable capacity installed by 2025, more than the amount of coal-fired power it aims […]

Ukrainian Azov troops in Mariupol surrender

May 18, 2022 CEN_com 0

Kiev puts on a brave face as trapped Nazi Azov fighters give themselves up to Russian forces. Western media avoids saying Ukrainian forces “surrendered” and are now “Russian prisoners”. RT News Moscow reports: The last remaining Ukrainian troops in the southern port city of Mariupol have started surrendering, after being trapped for nearly a month in the Azovstal steelworks. The massive industrial complex, with a network of underground tunnels and bunkers, […]

Massive carbon emissions reduced biodiversity 300 million years ago: study

May 8, 2022 CEN_com 0

How might global warming put our planet in jeopardy in the near future? A research group examined the situation 300 million years ago and revealed a scenario with a significant drop in biodiversity. A recent study by a team of scientists from China, the United States and New Zealand published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that abrupt warming linked to massive carbon emission 304 million […]

US solar industry in sudden crisis, as China accusations fly

May 6, 2022 CEN_com 0

By Nury Vittachi, Friday, 6 May 2022. THE US SOLAR POWER industry’s activities have ground to a sudden halt as the US Commerce Department started looking for possible China links. More than 300 large scale solar panel implementations across America have been frozen—and this includes some forest-sized projects. “Tens of billions of dollars, and tens of thousands of jobs are at risk,” the New York Times warned. The US will […]

How thousand year old rice-fish-duck agro-ecosystem benefits villagers in Guizhou, China

May 4, 2022 CEN_com 0

The rice-fish-duck agro-ecosystem is a unique agricultural system that allows rice, fish and ducks to grow together in the terraced fields. Dong’s Rice Fish Duck System, China. This thousand year old agro-ecosystem is recognized by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as an the outstanding representative of Chinese traditional alpine agriculture, and is listed by the FAO as a Designated Site of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage, which dates back […]

How China helps developing countries reduce debt instead of increasing it

May 4, 2022 CEN_com 0

“The Belt and Road, with infrastructure connectivity as its grip, is building a community of human destiny, which, in terms of its operational effects, reflects the common aspirations, experiences and common pursuits of the countries of the South.” Professor Justin Yifu Lin With the rising debt crisis in Sri Lanka, Western mainstream media is again propagandizing the so-called Chinese “debt trap theory” using examples like the Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka. In […]

No to a new Monroe Doctrine in the Pacific: Solomon Islands and China

May 4, 2022 CEN_com 0

Article by Carlos Martinez The Anglo ruling classes have gone into a state of frenzy over a recently-signed security agreement between the People’s Republic of China and the Solomon Islands. Various people who had barely heard of the Solomon Islands just a few weeks ago are now expressing grave concern that this small sovereign nation could be used as a pawn by an aggressive and expansionist China in its bid […]

Why China stands firm on dynamic zero-COVID policy

May 2, 2022 CEN_com 0

“China is probably the first and the only nation in the world to take the suspicion of ‘must have something sinister’ for being too good at its work in fighting covid. Why? Because China’s dynamic zero policy is running against the world accepted measures like ‘living with the virus’ or simply, do nothing. What is dynamic zero policy? To put it in a simple way, it is about rapid response […]

China approves 6 new nuclear power projects

May 1, 2022 CEN_com 0

Six reactors approved for launch in three cities to support clean energy transition With the future power supply growth coming mostly from nonfossil energy in China as the country is going through a green energy transition, nuclear power will be crucial for China to reach its carbon peak goal by 2030, said analysts. After years of preparations, comprehensive assessment and review, approval has been granted for projects of new nuclear […]