The Aysha wind power project, part of the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), broke ground in May 2018, with the project costing $257 million USD. China’s Dongfang Electric International Corporation, a state-owned enterprise specializing in the production of power-generating equipment, was contracted by Ethiopia to build the wind farm….
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South Africa’s China-built Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Project
The China-built Redstone Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSP) Project in South Africa, the first-of-its-kind in sub-Saharan Africa, is due to be connected to the grid in early September 2024. CSP plants produce electricity by concentrating solar thermal energy using mirrors to reflect the sun to a receiver that collects and stores the…
BRICS – Türkiye makes historic bid to join bloc
Türkiye has formally applied to join the BRICS group, a move that underscores its ambition to enhance global influence and forge new alliances beyond traditional Western partners. Türkiye joined the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative in 2015. The launching of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI ) by China and Türkiye’s Middle Corridor (MC)…
Protecting one of the world’s last truly wild frontiers – China’s Qinghai Plateau
Protecting one of the world’s last truly wild frontiers – The Qinghai-Xizang Plateau ecosystem. One year on, China’s law on Qinghai-Xizang Plateau ecosystem protection bears fruit. In late August, a forest security team ventured deep into the rugged wilderness of Hoh Xil, a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site in northwest China’s…
China continues to shift to greener energy mix: white paper
China’s Energy Transition, a White Paper that documents the country’s changing energy mix, was released on Thursday, 29 August, 2024. Major shifts have taken place, according to the National Energy Administration. By the end of 2023, more than half of the increase in electricity consumption across China had come from…
PetroChina establishes conservation areas
Seven new biodiversity zones have been established by PetroChina, China’s largest oil and gas producer, Xinhua reports. The areas are located in the Changqing Oilfield in northern China‘s Ordos Basin, the Tarim Oilfield in Xinjiang, and Kunlun Energy’s LNG storage facility in Hainan, explained PetroChina. They fall into the category…
Chinese scientists discover mineral crystal enriched with water molecules on the moon
Researchers from the Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with scholars from several renowned Chinese universities, discovered an unidentified mineral crystal enriched with water molecules on the moon from the Chang’e-5 lunar samples, a breakthrough that indicates that for the first time, molecular water was found…
Western media is too late to defend its hegemony
“The world is in for another China shock”. On China’s top current affairs show, prestigious China scholar Zhang Weiwei explored how the four pillars of Western hegemony—economic, technological, military, and ideological—are deeply shaken today. Zhang Weiwei is Professor of Political Science and Director of the China Institute, at Fudan University. Professor Zhang…
Chinese scientists grow soybeans in space to help advance agricultural technology
Endeavors to grow soybeans in space may bear fruition, says Hong Kong biologist. Recently, a research team from a Chinese university successfully sent samples of soybean bacteria to the nation’s Tiangong Space Station via the Tianzhou-6 cargo spacecraft. The project is the first Hong Kong agricultural research project to be…
Conservation scientists in China’s Yunnan promote biodiversity with economic benefits
“Preserving wild species is a shared responsibility of all humanity.” In southwest China’s Yunnan Province, researchers say they have found ways to better promote conservation among the public. From the heart of Yunnan CGTN reporter Zhao Chenchen discovers how locals are turning efforts to protect wild species into paths toward high-quality…