August 2024
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Hydro-floating solar projects showcase China-Thailand clean energy cooperation
Two recent hybrid hydro-floating solar energy projects jointly built by Chinese and Thai companies showcase an innovative blend of solar and hydroelectric technologies to optimize both environmental and operational efficiencies. The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) plans to significantly increase hybrid hydro-floating solar farms by 2037 under Thailand’s Power Development Plan. EGAT will develop Continue reading
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Madagascar – China’s hybrid rice helps food security for African nation
Average yield of Chinese hybrid rice in Madagascar trials two to three times more than local rice varieties. A prolonged period of exceptional droughts in the African island nation of Madagascar since 2019 reduced agriculture production, placing about 1 million people on average in food insecurity, among which 250 000 suffered a famine situation. Madagascar Continue reading
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China No Longer Need to Subsidize EV Enterprises – Chinese expert
Zhang Weiwei is Professor of Political Science at Fudan University, China and Director of the China Institute of Fudan University. On July 13th, Thai media outlet The Standard aired a 40-minute English interview with renowned Chinese Professor Zhang Weiwei, conducted by famous Thai host Khun Veenarat. The interview garnered significant attention. Selected excerpts from the interview related Continue reading
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Việt Nam & China cooperate on green development and BRI implementation
Vietnam’s new President To Lam concluded his state visit to China from August 18-20, resulting in the signing of 14 cooperation agreements and a joint statement with China’s President Xi Jinping. “Two Corridors, One Belt framework” and the Belt and Road Initiative In 2017, Việt Nam and China signed and began implementing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Continue reading
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Tonga gets new wind power project – funded and built by China
Funded by China through its aid program a wind power project is under construction by the Energy China Gezhouba Group in Tonga. It’s expected to be completed and handed over to the government of Tonga by November. The project aims to be a major contributor to the Government of Tonga’s goal of transforming its energy Continue reading
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Leading US scientist to move to China?
One of the world’s greatest living research scientists, retired Harvard University chemist and nanoscientist Professor Charles Lieber, is considering a move to China, according to the Hong Kong based South China Morning Post. In 2011, Professor Lieber was named the leading chemist in the world for the decade 2000–2010 based on the impact of his Continue reading
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Chinese agrivoltaics project in Japan operational
KYOTO, Japan, Aug. 26, 2024 — Trina Solar Co Ltd, a Chinese photovoltaics company founded in 1997, announced the commercial operation of its latest agrivoltaics project, located in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The project is will generate 2,700 MWh of clean energy annually, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 1,760 tons each year. Macau Business Media reports that this Continue reading
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Biodiversity of China’s Yangtze River improves
Government report finds number of native fish and protected wildlife species up over previous year, but there is much room for improvement. The Yangtze – China’s longest river and a critical habitat for aquatic life – is showing signs of ecological improvement, the latest government report says, while warning that there is still a long way to Continue reading
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Climate change induced ‘natural disasters’ continue to hit China
Extreme weather events continued across China over recent weeks. These “natural disasters” cost China nearly 元77 billion yuan ($10.7bn) last month – the biggest amount of losses for the month of July since 2021. EXTREME WEATHER A “once-in-a-century flood” was recorded by the Zhimenda hydrological station along the Yangtze River in south China, reported China Daily. Continue reading
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Impact of US-China Science Rivalry
The Scientific Cold War is real, and we’re all losing. New study reveals how US-China tensions are slowing global research. Many in the academia have voiced the concern that the counter-productive, politically-motivated investigations scrutinizing the cooperation between the world’s 2 major science powerhouses would eventually backfire and hamper the progress of science research. However, few Continue reading
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China – Weather extremes lower rice yield
How climate change is driving up food prices. China is a major producer of cereals – growing more rice and wheat than any other country in the world. Based on the findings of a joint 2023 study by scientists from China, Germany, France and Cyprus, published in the journal Nature, the chart below shows that extreme rainfall cut rice yields Continue reading
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‘Nuclear terrorism’ – Ukraine attack on Kursk nuclear power plant
CGTN Global reports that Russia on Friday (Aug 23, 2024) accused Ukraine of trying to attack the Kursk nuclear power station in what it called an act of “nuclear terrorism”, days before the head of the United Nations atomic watchdog is due to visit the site. The nuclear plant is located in the Kursk region of Continue reading
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China achieves renewable energy target 6 years early – major cut in approvals for new coal generation
China’s world-leading clean energy boom has passed another benchmark, with its wind and solar capacity surpassing a target set by President Xi Jinping almost six years earlier than planned. Citing Bloomberg, Energy Connects reports that China added 25 gigawatts of wind and solar power in July, expanding total capacity to 1,206 gigawatts, according to data from China’s National Energy Continue reading
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China EV giant BYD’s $1bn Turkiye ‘state of the art’ production hub
BYD EXPANDS GLOBAL FOOTPRINT Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, BYD, recognised as the world’s largest EV producer, made a significant investment of $1 billion (TL 33.9 billion) in Turkiye in 2023. This strategic move is part of BYD’s broader expansion plan aimed at tapping into the rapidly growing electric vehicle market in Europe and the Continue reading
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How China is winning the Green Energy race
China’s perceived march towards global domination appears to be ruffling some feathers in the Western world, writes David Borlace on his program, Just Have a Think. He notes, China’s version of the industrial revolution has lifted hundreds of millions out of abject poverty, but it is still held up by some as the greatest modern sin Continue reading
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China’s booming EV market boosts growth in charging infrastruture
China’s electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure continued to increase in the first half (H1) of this year, thanks to the rapid expansion of the country’s EV market. By the end of June, the total number of charging piles in China reached 10.24 million units, an increase of 54 percent year on year, Zhang Xing, a Continue reading
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Africa and China media call for end of Western silence on successful joint projects
“Join Hands in the Paths towards Modernization” was the theme of the 6th Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation and China-Africa Think Tank High-Level Dialogue, held in Beijing. It may be ‘good politics’ for the West to spend big money badmouthing China, but the process ultimately harms the poor, said speakers at an Africa-China communications forum Continue reading
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Nord Stream sabotage was major environmental crime
RUSSIA DISMISSES GERMAN NARRATIVE ON NORD STREAM BLASTS AT UN Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that it is “clear” that the United States ordered the 2022 attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines. “It is clear that to carry out such a terrorist attack, there was a command from the very top, as they Continue reading
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Xi praises environmental volunteers promoting water conservation
Chinese President Xi Jinping has encouraged environmental volunteers to promote water conservation and contribute to the modernization of harmony between humanity and nature. Ahead of China’s second National Ecology Day that fell on Thursday last week, Xi made the remarks in a letter to the volunteers for the Danjiangkou Reservoir in Shiyan City, central China’s Continue reading
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China’s deep-sea manned submersible Jiaolong conducts scientific research in Western Pacific
In Chinese mythology, Jiaolong is a dragon often depicted as a scaled, hornless, and aquatic creature. The submersible was named after the mythical creature because of its ability to explore the depths of the ocean. China’s deep-sea manned submersible Jiaolong conducted a deep-diving operation in the Western Pacific Ocean on Sunday 18 August 2024, with Continue reading
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Palestine to be invited to 2024 BRICS Summit
According to media reports Palestine is expected to receive a formal invitation this month to attend the BRICS 2024 Summit. Russia is working towards the process to get the Middle Eastern nation to be a part of the summit. Russian news outlet TASS has quoted Palestine’s leader Mahmoud Abbas as stating “We have discussed BRICS. We have reached Continue reading
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How China bridges urban and rural development through ecological value
As pointed out by the resolution of the third plenary session of the Communist Party of China, integrated urban and rural development is essential to Chinese modernization. “We must promote equal exchanges and two-way flows of production factors between urban and rural areas, to narrow the disparities between the two and promote their shared prosperity Continue reading
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Venezuela offers BRICS countries access to its vast oil and gas reserves
International media, including Russia’s RT News, have reported that Venezuela could transfer the development rights to its vast oil and gas fields that are currently signed with American energy companies to entities from BRICS nations, President Nicolas Maduro warned on August 2, 2024 during a press conference in Caracas. With an estimated 303 billion barrels, Venezuela Continue reading
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China launches new scientific expedition to Qinghai-Xizang Plateau
Scientific surveys valuable for safeguarding ecology on “roof of the world”. China’s second Qinghai-Xizang Plateau scientific expedition and research has produced a series of world-class original findings, providing scientific support for the ecological security of the plateau. China launched a scientific expedition in Lhasa on Sunday to investigate the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau — known as Asia’s Continue reading
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Xi’s green vision drives Northeast China’s revitalization
CHANGCHUN — As scorching summer heat grips much of China, the country’s northeast has emerged as a popular sightseeing destination with cool weather and breathtaking views of lush mountains and lucid waters. Encompassing Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning provinces and part of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, the northeastern region, once a heavy industrial base, has Continue reading
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Builders of Malaysia’s mega railway project join hands to rehabilitate mangrove forest
Chinese and Malaysian companies building Malaysia’s mega rail project have planted mangrove tree saplings in a mangrove forest near Malaysia’s Port Klang, a move to strengthen the values of protecting the environment. The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) is a 665 km-long railway project being developed by the state-owned Malaysia Rail Link (MRLSB), which is Continue reading
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Pathway to Propserity: the Belt and Road Initiative
From Left Review Online. Today, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) proposed by China is promoting joint development and prosperity among the countries along the Eurasian and African routes. This initiative is allowing people from various countries to share a harmonious, peaceful, and prosperous life, continuing the legacy of connectivity and cooperation that the Silk Continue reading
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China’s largest electrochemical energy storage facility connected to grid
China’s largest electrochemical energy storage facility connected to grid World Energy reports that Huadian (Haixi) New Energy Co., a subsidiary of China Huadian Group, has successfully completed the full-capacity grid connection of the Togdjog Shared Energy Storage Station in a cold, high-altitude region of China. This milestone marks the commencement of operations for China’s largest single Continue reading
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China – EVs showing greater potential to feed power grids
Using EVs as mobile power banks in first large-scale vehicle-to-grid (V2G) hook-up. Involving over 1,000 electric vehicles (EVs), Jiangsu province trialled off-peak charging and reverse discharging, showcasing EVs’ potential as mobile power banks. Electric vehicles can potentially double up as super giant “mobile power banks” to support electricity supply and ensure grid stability during peak Continue reading
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Surge in U.S. Solar Company Bankruptcies Despite $ Trillions in Subsidies
On July 18, the American solar giant SunPower announced the suspension of several core operations. The company will neither acquire new customers nor install already-delivered solar panels. A day later, Renova Energy, affected by SunPower’s shutdown, declared a temporary halt of all operations in California and Arizona. SunPower is the third major US solar company Continue reading
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Climate-Resilient Ocean Governance in the People’s Republic of China
Focused on the People’s Republic of China (PRC), this article looks at how climate change impacts coastal ecosystems and marine biodiversity. In an era of global connectivity and shared environmental challenges, the linkages between oceans and climate change are becoming increasingly apparent. Oceans have the great potential to exacerbate or mitigate climate change and its Continue reading
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Chinese enterprises drive Cambodia’s green and low-carbon energy transition
“The active participation and contributions of Chinese enterprises are crucial to Cambodia’s green and low-carbon development.” This statement was made by Chuop Paris, Cambodia’s Secretary of State at the Ministry of Environment, on August 15 2024 at an international symposium in Beijing, themed as “Environment, Development and Human Rights: Green and Low-carbon Development in the Continue reading
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China transforms saline-alkali land into symbiotic grain-seafood farms
In north China’s Hebei Province 8,000 mu (about 533.33 hectares) of rice paddies are monitored in real time by a hardware engineer via a large screen in a control room. This is no ordinary rise paddy but part of an agricultural demonstration zone where rice seedling are grown along side shrimps and crabs. The rice Continue reading
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De-risking West’s critical minerals trade with China will cost $ billions and delay global energy transition
Securing copper supply: no China, no energy transition. Inefficiencies of shifting away from China for critical minerals would increase the cost of finished goods and delay the energy transition. The global shift toward clean energy and decarbonisation hinges significantly on copper. With the increasing demand for copper, Western efforts to secure critical minerals and reduce Continue reading
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China Action Plan for Low-Carbon Transformation of Coal-Fired Power
China has issued an action plan to promote the low-carbon transformation of coal-fired power, with plans to diversify financing channels and grant preferential loan policies to qualified projects. The plan also includes improving carbon-reduction-related technologies for coal-fired power, as well as new infrastructure construction. This will help to ensure China’s energy security amid the global Continue reading
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