China’s forest cover has increased from 8.6% in 1949 to 23% in 2020. Reforestation efforts have resulted in a 32% increase in China’s tree cover since 1990. Globally, NASA estimated that China’s programs to conserve and expand its forests contributed about 42% of the total global greening trend it observed in a 2019 study of Continue reading

Centuries before sugar planting spread across the Atlantic, tea and trees were in widespread cultivation in China. China is often left out of the story of the age of plantations, yet it deserves to be included. Long before sugar planting spread across the Atlantic, tea and mulberry trees were in widespread cultivation in China, the Continue reading

At the general debate of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September last year, China announced that it would aim to achieve peak CO2 emissions before 2030 and carbon neutrality before 2060. This is a major strategic decision made by the Communist Party of China to achieve sustainable development for the Continue reading

“The first premise of all human history is, of course, the existence of living human individuals. Thus the first fact to be established is the physical organisation of these individuals and their consequent relation to the rest of nature….Human beings can be distinguished from animals by consciousness, by religion or anything else you like. They Continue reading

In Remembrance of Prof. Dennis Etler who died of heart attack on June 3rd 2021 It is with true sadness that we have learned of the unexpected passing of our friend and comrade, Dennis Etler. The following was posted Jerry Brown on the Facebook account of the Xi Jinping – China’s Exceptional President group (founded by Dennis Continue reading

In the past week Facebook has blocked and removed many posts by the Group Admins – some without explanation and now for being “spam”. It appears that today Facebook is blocking any repost from, or link to, VK as “spam”. Please note that we have 3 locations for accessing CEN. This minimises the chance that Continue reading

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