January 2026
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China: The New Green Superpower ?

China is not just cleaning its air; it’s redefining global green leadership. In 2013, Beijing vanished under a toxic haze so thick it was called the “Airpocalypse.” The air quality index broke its scale. The streets fell silent. And for the first time in decades, China’s economic miracle collided with its environmental reality. What happened… Continue reading
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China’s black soil conservation boosts grain supply and cuts future agricultural greenhouse emissions

Black soil, considered the world’s most fertile for crops, once faced serious degradation in China – which hosts one of the world’s three largest black earth regions. During the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) period, over 400 million mu (26.67 million hectares) of black soil in China was restored, through no-till farming, straw return, and protective… Continue reading
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Renewable energy overtakes coal globally – BRICS nations China and India key players

January 22, 2025. Solar and wind have overtaken coal as the largest global electricity source for the first time, according to a new report by the respected think tank Ember. The report says that growth in wind and solar was so strong that it outpaced rising global demand for electricity. China is the world’s largest… Continue reading
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China’s insights on green trade

November 4, 2025. China is actively expanding green trade which will help in achieving the “dual-carbon” goals, and better serve global climate efforts. At a press briefing by China’s State Council Information Office on October 31, 2025 several Chinese officials spoke on green trade, including what policies had been taken and what would be the targets in… Continue reading
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Chinese scientists thorium breakthrough is major win for China’s energy security

China has achieved a world first by converting thorium into uranium fuel in a molten salt reactor, marking a milestone in nuclear energy research. Thorium is not new. It has been explored as a source of nuclear fuel in the past by several countries, but this was eventually shelved for various reasons. Interest is now returning… Continue reading
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China’s Law Protecting Ancient Trees

November 26, 2025. China has implemented a law to protect ancient and notable trees, which took effect on March 15, 2025. The law establishes a legal framework for conservation, resource surveys, and penalties for damage, recognizing these trees as important for biodiversity and cultural heritage. The initiative is part of China’s goal to build an… Continue reading
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Brazil Signs Mega-Deal with China – BRICS nations destroy US Unipolar World Trade Order

December 2, 2025. On July 30th, 2025 the Trump regime imposed a 40% increase in trariffs on key goods Brazil sold in to the United States. This was a huge move against Brazil, designed to crush its economy, create afatal internal political crisis, but also to breakup the BRICS and weaken China’s growing influence on the… Continue reading
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New Action Plan and Strategy for Biosphere Reserves for decade 2023-2033

Sept 29, 2025. The 5th World Congress of Biosphere Reserves, held in Hangzhou, China from September 18th to 21st, 2023, was a landmark event for global biodiversity conservation. As the first Congress convened after the Covid pandemic and at a critical juncture for the global sustainability agenda, it carried immense significance. Under the theme “World… Continue reading
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Our Editorial Perspective: China Environment News

Our Editorial Perspective – 23 November 2025. Ecological civilization “Global environmental crisis is the product of centuries of Western exploitation of the land, natural resources and labour of the Global South, including the colonized Indigenous Peoples. Seriously tackling the global ecological crisis must involve a global redistribution of power and wealth from the collective West… Continue reading
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China Vows to Get Greener Faster in New Five-Year Plan

November 1, 2025 China has unveiled a new five-year plan aimed at accelerating its low-carbon transition, pledging to further expand the share of renewables and phase out fossil fuels in an orderly way. Caixin Global, the Chinese daily, reports that the 15th Five-Year Plan, covering the period from 2026 to 2030 and released this week,… Continue reading
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BRICS member Brasil hosts UN Climate Conference – Releases Road Map to scale-up global climate finance

November 8, 2025 Key BRICS member Brasil, the president and host of the UN Climate Conference COP30 now underway, has published a “Baku to Belém roadmap” on how climate finance could be scaled up climate mitigation finance to “at least $1.3trillion” a year by 2035. The idea for the roadmap was a late addition to… Continue reading
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China Advances Green Agriculture

Reduced fertilizer use and 80 percent recycling of animal manure achieved under 14th Five-Year Plan. A review released on January 13 2026 shows that China’s state-led transformation in green agriculture during the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021–2025) reduced chemical fertiliser use by 5%, bringing total inputs to 49.88 million tonnes, while maintaining grain productivity. Fertiliser efficiency… Continue reading
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Global clean energy supply continues to rely on China

Global clean energy supply chains are becoming a central issue in the energy transition, and the data shows one clear reality: China dominates the key technologies the world relies on to decarbonize. This has lowered costs and accelerated clean energy adoption around the globe Across solar photovoltaics, China controls most of the value chain, from polysilicon… Continue reading
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China Added 42% more solar in first 11 months of 2025

Between January and November 2025, China added approximately 275 gigawatts of new solar photovoltaic capacity, a year-on-year increase, bringing the national total to 1.16 terawatts, according to National Energy Administration data. Deployment peaked at 93 GW in May as developers rushed to secure feed-in tariff benefits before the June 1 transition to market-based contracts. This… Continue reading
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China Overtakes U.S. in Global University Rankings

SEVEN of world’s top 10 universities are Chinese Chinese universities are rapidly climbing global rankings, overtaking American institutions in research output and academic publishing, according to a report by the Indian news channel WION. A recent article in the New York Times newspaper quoted a former president of the U.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as saying that : “the number… Continue reading
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List of scientists defecting from the U.S. to work in China is growing

A “reverse brain drain” is seriously impacting on the United States’ long-term ability to attract and retain top-scientists—a factor that underpinned its dominance in science and technology since the post-World War II era. JAKARTA – A nuclear physicist educated at Princeton, a mechanical engineer who once assisted NASA in researching space-based manufacturing, and a neurobiologist from the National Institutes of Health… Continue reading
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China’s Belt & Road: 2025 saw highest BRI engagement ever

The China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Investment Report 2025 has been released. Summary of key findings – 2025 BRI Investment Report – 2025 saw the highest BRI engagement ever for any year, with USD 128.4 billion in construction contracts and about USD 85.2 billion in investments; – China’s energy related engagement in 2025 were the highest… Continue reading
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Grey water: how China turned rainwater runoff into an environmental asset

Chinese architects and designers have recycled ancient practice of collecting rainwater to make buildings ecologically friendly. When the legendary rock band Mayday, from Taiwan, were due to perform in Beijing one evening in May 2023, some fans were worried that the rainy weather could affect the show. Mayday were taking to the stage in Beijing’s National… Continue reading
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US sinks into global oil irrelevance as China cuts off all US energy imports

China Environment News on Facebook, 6 January 2026. As a desperate and unhinged Trump attacks Venezuela and threatens war and conquest across the globe, it becomes clear that the US imperialist agenda is driven by panic. Economic and hegemonic collapse go hand in hand. The US plan to undermine China’s energy security back-fires. China has… Continue reading
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China builds world’s most powerful smart transformer to stabilize renewable energy grids

China Environment News on Facebook, 2 January 2026 China has unveiled the world’s largest smart DC transformer, marking a major breakthrough in how modern power grids integrate large-scale renewable energy. Developed by Changzhou Xidian Transformer Co., Ltd. under China XD Group, the 750-megavolt-ampere (MVA) device sets a global record for capacity in flexible direct current… Continue reading
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China’s CATL Industrial Breakthrough -Making Sodium Batteries 90% Cheaper than Lithium Ones

29 Dec 2025 What if the world’s largest battery company just announced batteries that cost as low as $10 per kilowatt hour? Not $100. Ten dollars. And the kicker? They’re using salt. Yes, the same stuff sitting on your kitchen table. But China’s CATL makes more lithium batteries than anyone else on the planet. They’re… Continue reading
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China’s ultra-high voltage transmission lines breaking all records

29 Dec 2025 Ultra-High Voltage Direct Current (UHVDC) electricity transmission ought to be the stuff of pure science fiction. More than a million volts carrying the equivalent of 12 large power stations worth of power down a single line? Such a feat should be unthinkable. But it’s here right now. Today. And since it’s installation… Continue reading