February 2022
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Striving for low-carbon agriculture: China’s story
The following article by agricultural scientists, Professors Pan Genxing and Cheng Kun, of the Institute of Resource, Ecosystem and Environment of Agriculture at Nanjing Agricultural University, China, is republished from China Dialogue. Based on the changes discussed in the following article, they are confident that green agriculture in China has a bright future, and calculate Continue reading
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China to build thousands more ecological farms by 2025
BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) — China plans to build more ecological farms in the coming years to advance modernization and green development in the agricultural sector, said a guideline published Wednesday by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. China aims to build 1,000 national ecological farms and 10,000 local ones nationwide by 2025. They Continue reading
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China’s top economic planner issues notice on urban environmental infrastructure construction
China will promote further construction of urban environmental infrastructure to support green development. China will establish a comprehensive, efficient, intelligent, green and safe modern environmental infrastructure system by 2030, according to guidelines issued by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and three other government bodies. By 2025, they said China would build an environmental Continue reading
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The New Vision for Belt and Road
With over 150 countries and international organizations participating in the Belt and Road, the initiative will be built into a more open and innovative one. Compared with nine years ago, when the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was first proposed, the current international landscape has greatly changed with both favorable and unfavorable factors popping up for cooperation Continue reading
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China’s response to climate change encourages others
Climate change is a real challenge facing all nations alike now. The temperature is rising in cities and various adverse effects including untimely rainfall, heatwaves, droughts, storms, floods, wildfires, and crop failures are being observed across the world. It is really distressing that during the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Continue reading
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New Vision for Belt and Road
Published 2022/02/09 With over 150 countries and international organizations participating in the Belt and Road, the initiative will be built into a more open and innovative one. Compared with nine years ago, when the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was first proposed, the current international landscape has greatly changed with both favorable and unfavorable factors Continue reading
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China questions US biowarfare labs
China questions purpose of US bio-warfare labs in 30 overseas countries Published 2022/03/09 According to data published by the U.S., America has 26 bio-labs in Ukraine, which are under absolute control of the U.S. Department of Defense. The United States should receive multilateral check for its biological militarization activities and make a relevant clarification, a Continue reading
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Xi Jinping and Valdimir Putin meeting – world order enters a new era
The authoritative Chinese newpaper, The Global Times, on Feb 05, 2022, commented on the significance of the meeting in Beijing between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin. The Global Times noted that after their meeting, the two world leaders “issued a lengthy joint statement that elaborated on shared views and Continue reading
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China leads world investment in low-carbon energy transition
More than 130 countries have set or are considering a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050. Achieving net-zero on a global scale, however, requires $125 trillion in climate investment by 2050, according to research commissioned by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). While that level of investment hasn’t been achieved yet, it’s ramping up. Continue reading
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China’s push to green consumption
From farmhouse upgrades to electric vehicle sales blitzes in the countryside, the world’s second-largest economy wants its rural consumers to start spending green. A shift has been rippling through China’s enormous middle class in recent years, moving it towards responsible consumerism. Keen to encourage this momentum, the Chinese central government has decided that it will vigorously Continue reading
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China maps five-year plan for transportation development
China outlined a modern comprehensive transportation system over the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) period in a circular recently issued. According to the circular, by 2025, China will have generally realized integrated transportation development, achieved breakthroughs in pursuing intelligent and green transportation, and made prominent improvements in overall capability, service quality and efficiency of the transportation Continue reading
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China and Argentina sign nuclear power project deal
Nucleoeléctrica Argentina and China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) have signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract for the development of the Atucha 3 nuclear power plant. World Nuclear News, 2 Feb 2022 reports: “The nuclear power plant, to be sited near Lima, about 100 kilometres north west of Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, will use China’s Continue reading
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Argentina officially joins BRI in major boost for China-Latin America cooperation
Argentina has officially joined the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on the 50th anniversary of China-Argentina diplomatic ties, with top leaders from both countries expressing their willingness to further deepen bilateral cooperation as well as cooperation between China and Latin America. Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez in Beijing on Continue reading
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China five-year plan for transportation development
Published 2022/02/07 China outlined a modern comprehensive transportation system over the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) period in a circular rissued on Jan 18, 2022. According to the circular, by 2025, China will have generally realized integrated transportation development, achieved breakthroughs in pursuing intelligent and green transportation, and made prominent improvements in overall capability, service quality Continue reading
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China and Russia sign new deals on energy cooperation
China and Russia announced a significant strengthening of cooperation in energy sector, with major oil and gas corporations from two nations signing new deals this week. While China is massively expanding its renewable energy capacity to meet its 2030 and 2060 climate goals, natural gas is likely to remain a significant energy transition fuel for China. Continue reading
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China, South-South Cooperation and Small Island Developing States
In recent years China has increasingly emerged as a champion of “south-south” cooperation as a new model for developing countries to move towards increasing living standards in line with the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. In January 2021, China issued a white paper titled China’s International Development Cooperation in the New Era. It emphasized Continue reading
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Why capitalism needs imperialism to drain wealth from the Global South
We need to be clear on the impacts of colonial wealth transfers on the Global North, not just the Global South, because it was a two way thing. What was taken from the South is something without which the North would not be what it is today – in fact there would not be an Continue reading
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China explores involving communities in mangrove restoration
China’s management of mangroves is shifting from planting areas of trees to restoration and protection of ecosystems – how can livelihoods be ensured while protecting mangroves? What role can local communities play in managing mangrove restoration? The following article from republished from China Dialogue (February 2, 2022) discusses the challenges. The world’s mangroves have been Continue reading
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Sinopec Completes First Megaton Scale Carbon Capture Project in China
China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) has completed the construction of the first megaton carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) project in China, the Qilu-Shengli Oilfield CCUS on January 29. This will reduce carbon emission by 1 million tons per year, the equivalent of planting nearly 9 million trees and shutting down 600,000 economy cars. Continue reading
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Stop blaming China for the climate crisis
Video explainer In this excellent brief presentation for the Friends of Socialist China YouTube channel, Carlos Martinez gives a comprehensive explanation of why the US and its allies’ attempts to push responsibility for the climate crisis onto China are hypocritical and ridiculous, and why cooperation on climate change is essential. China Environment has published many Continue reading
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‘Russia and China: A Future-Oriented Strategic Partnership’ – Putin’s article in Xinhua
Political commentary A signed article by President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin titled “Russia and China: A Future-Oriented Strategic Partnership” was published by Xinhua News Agency on Thursday, 3 Feb 2022. Source: Xinhua, 2022-02-03. http://www.ecns.cn/news/2022-02-03/detail-ihavfwhh0345776.shtml The following is the full text of the article. Russia and China: A Future-Oriented Strategic Partnership Vladimir PutinPresident of Continue reading
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China’s Shandong using hydrogen fuel to achieve carbon neutrality
China is implementing a pilot plan to transform Shandong, a regional industrial power house in eastern China, into a “hydrogen society” that holds out much hope of delivering on the green promise of the fuel of the future, with its abundance and zero tailpipe emissions. In April 2021 an agreement was signed for “sweeping hydrogen Continue reading
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World’s largest solar powered Green Hydrogen plant begins operation in China
Operation of the world’s largest solar powered hydrogen plant began on 20 April 2021 in China. The project, owned by Baofeng Energy Group, uses a 200-MW solar power plant located in northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region to electrolyze water to make “green” hydrogen, which replaces coal. In May 2020 Chinese coal miner Baofeng Energy Continue reading
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China produces three and a half times more solar capacity than the US
The world is adopting renewable energy at an unprecedented pace, and solar power is the energy source leading the way. Despite a 4.5% fall in global energy demand in 2020, renewable energy technologies showed promising progress. While the growth in renewables was strong across the board, solar power led from the front with 127 gigawatts installed in Continue reading
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Fact-checking Western media reports on Beijing Winter Olympics
With Beijing 2022 approaching, the Western media oligarchies are spreading rumors, speculation and false claims about the green nature of the games, and health and safety. The claims are just more of the politically motivated American racist rubbish typical of the US media oligarchs. Xinhua takes a closer look at the facts reveals that there Continue reading
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Tonga eruption may damage environment for years – China sends more disaster assistance
Ecological damage The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said it was extremely concerned about the potential impact the massive volcanic eruption in Tonga will have on agriculture and fisheries in the area. The FAO noted that around 86 percent of Tonga residents are engaged in some form of agriculture, whether it is through crops, Continue reading
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Malaysia battles to save its national animal from extinction
“If drastic action is not taken, the Malayan tiger will be extinct within the next five to 10 years” Malaysian government minister, Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, statement to Malaysian parliament, November, 2021 This article is about the plight of the Malayan tiger, the national animal of Malaysia. We have shared it here, in part, as Continue reading
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China’s average national air pollution levels down 9.1% in 2021
Air pollution in 339 Chinese cities improved in 2021, with average concentrations of small, hazardous airborne particles known as PM2.5 down 9.1% from a year earlier to 30 micrograms per cubic metre, official data showed on Monday. China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment said average concentrations of all major pollutants – including ground-level ozone, sulphur Continue reading
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