ENERGY SANCTIONS AIM TO STARVE CUBA INTO SUBMISSION TO U.S. REGIME The Cuban Embassy in Shanghai has confirmed the arrival of a first shipment of 60,000 tons of rice donated as humanitarian aid to Cuba by China, the largest rice producer in the world. The cummulative effect of the Trump regime’s economic sanctions on Cuba has created a severe energy crisis which… Continue reading

In December 2025, the BRICS bloc introduced a prototype of a gold-backed currency known as the “Unit.” This new digital currency aims to reduce reliance on the US dollar for international trade among BRICS nations, which include Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, with newer members such as Indonesia, Egypt, Ethiopia, and others also involved. This financial… Continue reading

China’s Land-Sea Corridor boosts inland–ASEAN logistics with new routes, faster transit, and stronger policy support. The East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project is a key Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) venture and is planned to connect with the Pan-Asia Railway network, which links five ASEAN nations – Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, Cambodia and Singapore, with China. The ECRL is a… Continue reading

China Stands-up to the US Gangster Regime’s War on Energy Security As Iran announces the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and global oil markets fluctuate, China, as Iran’s largest buyer of crude oil, faces significant supply risks. Public data shows that from 2024 to 2025, China will import approximately 1.38 million barrels of crude… Continue reading

China’s CO2 emissions continued to fall in the final quarter of 2025, likely securing a decline for the full year as a whole, according to new analysis for Carbon Brief  by the Europe-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA). This extends the “flat or falling” trend in China’s CO2 emissions that began in March 2024… Continue reading

In a report recently published in the science journal Nature, researchers studied nuclear projects in the United States, France, and China, and broke down the cost to build them and produce electricity. The report clearly demonstrated that Chinese engineers build nuclear reactors far faster, and at far lower costs than the United States, France, and… Continue reading

On December 20, 2025 the world’s first commercial supercritical carbon dioxide power generator began operation in China. The power generator, which went into operation at a steel production plant in the Guizhou province, uses carbon dioxide in place of steam to transfer waste heat from industrial processes. The generator has been connected to the grid,… Continue reading

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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