May 2021
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China reclaiming deserts
China is turning barren lands and mountains into productive lands or green forest. This is the result of the country’s intensified efforts of green development in which they turn deserts or unproductive lands into something very productive in the long run. Watch the video. Continue reading
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Main structure of world’s 2nd largest hydro-power station in China to start operating July 1, 2021
Baihetan Hydropower Station, the world’s second largest after the Three Gorges Dam, is expected to have its last reservoir completed on Monday in Southwest China. The station, with a total installed capacity of 16 million kilowatts, is expected to generate more than 62 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, which would reduce carbon dioxide emission Continue reading
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About China Environment News
Global environmental crisis is the product of centuries of Western exploitation of the land, natural resources and labour of the Global South. US and Western over consumption is still the leading force for environmental destruction of the global ecosystem. The West is responsible for at least three quarters of global cumulative carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Despite its Continue reading
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Did US have 4.7 million Covid-19 cases by December 2019?
US owes the world an explanation on Fort Detrick lab secrets A full independent investigation into the massive US Fort Detrick bio-weapons program and its role in spreading Covid-19 world wide is urgently needed. Is the latest US “intelligence” claim that the virus came from a laboratory in Wuhan yet another smoke-screen to divert attention Continue reading
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Climate Change Facts: Comparing China with the West
The Western media’s focus on China as “the world’s worst polluter” is devious and dishonest. The purpose of this article is to present the facts. Western mainstream media created Greta Thunberg as a pop celebrity, and so when she recently criticized China (and by implication the entire Global South), it is not surprising that her Continue reading
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China remains world’s largest manufacturing country – as PC makers “green” computers
China has maintained its position as the world’s largest manufacturing country for the 11th consecutive year with the industrial added value reaching 31.3 trillion yuan ($4.84 trillion), according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Monday. Meanwhile, top computer vendors including Acer and Lenovo are adopting sustainable strategies, with laptops made of recycled Continue reading
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World Judicial Conference on Environment concludes in Kunming, SW China
Xinhua28 May 2021. KUNMING, May 27 (Xinhua) — The World Judicial Conference on Environment concluded Thursday in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, with the adoption of “the Kunming Declaration of the World Judicial Conference on Environment.” The declaration noted that the rule of law has an irreplaceable and important role in global environmental Continue reading
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Climate Change Facts: Comparing China & the West
Published 2021/05/29 The Western media’s focus on China as “the world’s worst polluter” is devious and dishonest. The purpose of this article is to present the facts. Below China Environment News compares the West as a geopolitical bloc and compares it with China in respect to climate change. When this is done, the basis of a very Continue reading
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Did US have 4.7 million Covid-19 cases by December 2019?
US owes the world an explanation on Fort Detrick lab secrets A full independent investigation into the massive US Fort Detrick bio-weapons program and its role in spreading Covid-19 world wide is urgently needed. Is the latest US “intelligence” claim that the virus came from a laboratory in Wuhan yet another smoke-screen to divert attention Continue reading
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Climate-smart framework needed to counter food and energy insecurity for Global South.
Countries most affected by climate change bear the least responsibility. The 17 members of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) generate around 80 percent of global greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions. That means they have the power to pull the brakes on the climate emergency. The 17 major economies participating in the MEF are: Continue reading
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Revitalising Rural China
In September 2015, China’s President Xi Jinping attended the UN Sustainable Development Summit and joined other world leaders to adopt Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. China attaches great importance to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and has released China’s National Plan on Implementation of the 2030 Agenda Continue reading
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Ecological Civilisation – China’s “Eight Principles”
Published 2021/05/27 The concept of ecological civilisation serves as a guide for China’s fast-track endeavour to tackle the challenges facing its environment and ecosystems, respond to the public’s aspirations for a pleasant and eco-friendly living environment and promote sustainable development in a balanced manner. It lends an ideological impetus to China’s active involvement in global Continue reading
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Once-dwindling freshwater lake on grassland regains vitality
After a decade of ecological treatment, birds chirping, grass growing and water splashing, the wetlands around Hulun Lake in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have experienced improved biodiversity. Human activities and soil erosion had been blamed for a drastic fall on the water table of the lake since 2000. The lake’s water storage decreased Continue reading
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Steel industry embraces green shift for China’s carbon-cutting commitment
BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua) — Forging ahead toward a greener future, China is ever more committed to transforming the steel industry into a low carbon-emitting one amid its long-term green pledges. As China has promised to peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, the steel industry remains the largest emitter Continue reading
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China continues major action to cut ozone depleting chemicals
Published 2021/05/26 President Xi Jinping said that China has decided to accept the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer on 16 April 2021. The announcement came as part of Xi’s conversation with Chancellor Merkel of Germany and President Macron of France. It is seen as a major global Continue reading
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The Eco-socialist Roots of Ecological Civilisation
Published 2021/05/26 The notion of ecological civilization has become central to Chinese efforts to confront and deal with environmental problems. Here, Professor Arran Gare argues that the notion of ecological civilization “establishes a tradition of socialist thought that now has the potential to challenge and replace global capitalism.” However, ecological civilization is characterized by its Continue reading
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China donates solar photovoltaic power systems to 5,000 Cuban households
China will provide solar photovoltaic power systems to 5,000 Cuban families living in complex terrain, with a supplies delivery ceremony held Monday in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province. Multilateralism and global cooperation are the only choice to cope with climate change, said a Chinese official at the South-South Cooperation on climate change event between China and Continue reading
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Chinese investment in renewables soars under Belt & Road initiative – Greenpeace study
A 2019 report by environmental NGO Greenpeace found that China’s Belt & Road Initiative has led an investment surge in energy infrastructure in the regions covered by the plan – particularly south and Southeast Asia – over the five years to 2014 to 2019. Investment in Belt & Road countries has supported 12.6 GW of Continue reading
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China continues major action to cut ozone depleting chemicals
President Xi Jinping said that China has decided to accept the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer on 16 April 2021. The announcement came as part of Xi’s conversation with Chancellor Merkel of Germany and President Macron of France. It is seen as a major global climate win Continue reading
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Ecological cooperation a key part of Belt and Road Initiative #2
China has made ecological cooperation a key part of BeltandRoad Initiative BRI, with a number of green action initiatives “covering wide-ranging efforts in green infrastructure, green energy, green transport, green finance”: former Bangladeshi minister xhtxs.cn/eb7 DHAKA, April 27 (Xinhua) — China has made ecological cooperation a key part of the Belt and Road Initiative, Dilip Barua, former Bangladeshi Minister Continue reading
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Ecological cooperation a key part of Belt and Road Initiative
China has made ecological cooperation a key part of BeltandRoad Initiative BRI, with a number of green action initiatives “covering wide-ranging efforts in green infrastructure, green energy, green transport, green finance”: former Bangladeshi minister xhtxs.cn/eb7 DHAKA, April 27 (Xinhua) — China has made ecological cooperation a key part of the Belt and Road Initiative, Dilip Barua, former Bangladeshi Minister Continue reading
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China Environment News
Our new web site is on the way … CEN has created an independent web site and is in the process of developing and commissioning it over the next few weeks. We intend to continue the CEN Facebook group as well. This is necessary given the excessive political censorship and extensive banning of pro-China individuals Continue reading
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Tiananmen Protests Reading List from Qiao Collective
As the anniversary of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square protests approaches, we can expect the usual Western campaign of exaggeration and outright lies to build to a crescendo yet again. The Qiao Collective has curated a short reading list that provides an alternative perspective on the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Qiao Continue reading
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Tiananmen Protests Reading List from Qiao Collective
As the anniversary of the June 4, 1989 Tiananmen Square protests approaches, we can expect the usual Western campaign of exaggeration and outright lies to build to a crescendo yet again. The Qiao Collective has curated a short reading list that provides an alternative perspective on the 1989 protests in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Qiao Continue reading
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News in brief
China develops new “breakthrough” wheat variety China Science reports China has developed a breakthrough wheat variety, named Yangmai 33, with high resistance to scab and powdery mildew for the first time. The new variety is expected to become a new generation of dominant varieties in China and help solve the world’s food problems. https://www.facebook.com/groups/2516109708443374/permalink/4047601818627481/ Continue reading
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China to extract uranium from seawater
China Seawater Uranium Extraction Technology Innovation Alliance Council launched. China plans to have a fully operational facility capable of extracting uranium from the ocean in about a decade’s time, according to the country’s nuclear authorities. The technical details of how China plans to build the extraction plant have not been disclosed but researchers around the Continue reading
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Measuring CO2 production unfair for developing nations
Measuring CO2 emissions solely against production unfair for developing countries. WASHINGTON, April 24, 2021 (Xinhua) Calculating CO2 emissions solely on the basis of production “disproportionately” penalizes developing countries which quite naturally have a higher carbon content in their economic structures, a renowned U.S. expert has said. “What I am hoping for rather is consumption-based accounting Continue reading
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Germany’s ‘climate club’ proposal
On May 22, German Vice Chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz proposed the formation of an EU “climate club” that offsets trade frictions and synthesizes climate protection strategies with Washington, Tokyo and Beijing. “It is a wise thing not just to discuss about how the European Union can do this and how we could avoid to have difficulties Continue reading
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Yuan Longping father of hybrid rice
China on Monday morning held a memorial service to bid farewell to Yuan Longping, known as the “father of hybrid rice,” who passed away on Saturday. Despite being a busy workday, thousands of people dressed in black showed up and laid flowers at the site in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province. The top Continue reading
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Nature spurs better development
The Chinese government’s new guideline on building an economic system promotes green, low-carbon and circular development. The policy will promote overall green transformation of the economy. It will also stimulate high-quality development, helping reach the goal of peaking carbon dioxide emissions before 2030, said Lin Boqiang, dean of the China Institute for Studies in Energy Continue reading
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