Originally published 2021/05/12 All over the world, agriculture is threatened by degraded soils – and China is no exception.Stripped of carbon from intensive farming, soils erode more easily, host fewer microbes […]
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Critique of 21st century imperialism and the growth of ecological Marxism: a view from China
The following was written by two Chinese Marxist academics, Professor Cheng Enfu and Dr Fu Hao, which reviews the positive role by the US magazine Monthly Review (established 1949) in […]
New ban set to end China’s super-tall construction craze
The 632-meter Shanghai Tower easily puts to shame other skyscrapers in China ever since its construction was finished in 2015. Sitting on the Huangpu River bank in Shanghai, it is […]
China is building world’s first commercial land-based Small Modular Reactor
China is building the “Linglong-1,” a small modular reactor (SMR) in the country’s southern island province of Hainan. It’s the world’s first of this type of reactor to be approved by […]
China industrializes biological humus to improve soil quality
Originally Posted 19 Dec 2021 A type of biological humic acid, featuring high purity and high activity, extracted from agricultural and forestry waste has been industrialized and used for soil restoration […]
Quantifying national responsibility for excess global CO2 emissions – U.S. is worst offender
The following extract is from an important study published 1 September 2020 by the highly respected medical journal, The Lancet. The article provides a key to understanding the response to […]
For China are heat waves the ‘new normal’ under climate change?
It’s not a mirage. Across China, heat waves are becoming more frequent, lasting longer, and getting hotter — with deadly consequences. For more than a month, much of China has […]
The Planetary Rift and the materialist conception of nature
In the following article reprinted from the Monthly Review, Professor John Bellamy Foster, a leading proponent of ecological Marxism and editor of Monthly Review, is interviewed by Greek left-wing economist […]
Should developed nations pay reparations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate change?
At the UN climate summit in 2021 – COP26 in Glasgow – a group of largely developing nations representing six out of every seven people in the world called for developed countries to […]
China publishes action plan to ensure quality of energy transition
China Dialogue reports: A set of technical standards to support the low-carbon transition of China’s energy system should be established by 2025, the National Energy Administration (NEA) has stated in […]