World Heritage promotes mutual learning among civilizations. The Convention Concerning the Protection of World Cultural and Natural Heritage promulgated in 1972 was a global landmark event for UNESCO, aimed at exploring cultural teleology and universal values with culture as the starting point. The Convention mainly stipulates the definition of cultural…
Category: Main~
Energy. Transport & Climate Change~
Continue Reading
Tariffs on China’s green products undermine nature protection
French economist Professor Rémy Herrera argues imposing restrictions on the export of China’s green tech risks harm to the development of numerous ecological sectors.
Main~
Continue Reading
China’s arduous fight against desertification
Xinhua published an article a month ago titled “How China leads global fight against desertification”, which I would like to share with you. We know that China has successfully reduced large area of desertification, but how did China make it? The following article gave us some clue. China, one of…
Main~
Continue Reading
China’s Directory to Accelerate Green Technology Adoption
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and seven other departments have announced the “Green Technology Promotion Directory (2024 Edition)” to accelerate the deployment of advanced green technologies. As reported by the International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF) in its recent Green Finance Brief, the Directory focuses on sectors like energy…
Main~
Continue Reading
Massive sinkholes in China hold ‘heavenly’ forests
Plants growing at the bottom of sinkholes in China’s Dashiwei Tiankeng Group have adapted for harsh life underground. They don’t take up as much carbon as surface plants do, but they have much higher levels of nutrients in their tissues. ___________ Plants growing at the bottom of giant sinkholes in…
BRI, BRICS, & Global South~
Continue Reading
Malaysia joining BRICS key strategic move for the bloc
Malaysian media outlet The Star reports that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has confirmed Malaysia submitted an application to Russia to join the BRICS intergovernmental organisation. In a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, Anwar said Malaysia’s desire to join the BRICS organisation was the main topic of his discussion…
Main~
Continue Reading
China takes U.S. clean energy subsidies to WTO
China has challenged the US Inflation Reduction Act’s EV tax subsidies and four tax credits related to renewable energy – it said the law violates World Trade Organization rules as its regional production requirements artificially sets trade barriers which push up the cost of green energy transformation. China requested the…
EcoSocialism & Marxism~
Continue Reading
China’s 3rd Plenum Resolution and Ecological Civilization
What did China’s 3rd Plenum Resolution say about Ecological Civilization? China Ecological Civilization newsletter regularly reports on Chinese government documents with importance to ecological civilization. Its latest report is on the Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization….
Geopolitics & Multipolarity~
Continue Reading
New university rankings up-end world research: Chinese universities hold 6 of top 10 spots
” tens of thousands of scientific and engineering journals are omitted by Western university ranking systems, especially those not written in the English language.” The Leiden University Center for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) has posted new university rankings that add open-data sources to the traditional list of top journals,…
Main~
Continue Reading
US anti-China ‘wall around science’ backfired: China increases technological self-reliance
The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology’s official news site, Science and Technology Daily, recently published an article “Who was finally trapped by the ‘small yard, high fence’?” The article referred to a strategy adopted by the US to restrict Chinese access to key technologies. Washington’s actions to curtail Beijing’s…