West faces long overdue reckoning

20/08/2023 CEN_net 0

Five major trends illustrate how the world is changing, and that the West must grapple with the reality that it can no longer impose its “leadership” on the world as it once did. The post-Western, multipolar international order is coming […]

China hydrogen industry standards

20/08/2023 CEN_net 0

A growing number of countries are releasing national strategies to support the hydrogen energy industry, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). But the IEA also noted that the lack of clarity about certification and regulation is one of the barriers […]

The origin of the BRICS

19/08/2023 CEN_net 0

A BRICS Chart. BRICS is an acronym for the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The term was coined in 2001 by economist Jim O’Neill in his report, Building Better Global Economic BRICs. O’Neill predicted that the […]

Nuclear cuts China carbon emissions

19/08/2023 CEN_net 0

China overtakes France to become world’s second-largest nuclear energy producer. China recently approved the construction of six more nuclear reactors, cementing its status as the world’s fastest-growing nuclear power producer. Despite only starting to develop the technology in the mid-1980s, decades later […]

Acknowledge China’s economic power

16/08/2023 CEN_net 0

Time to acknowledge China’s economic power. The statistical evidence clearly shows that China is the world’s number one economy. Unfortunately, the US and many commentators are unwilling to acknowledge that reality, but future stability depends on acceptance that we are […]

China’s energy & Malacca Dilemma

14/08/2023 CEN_net 0

The Malacca Dilemma and China’s energy security. In November 2003, then Chinese President Hu Jintao described China’s energy situation as subject to the “Malacca Dilemma”. Hu was referring to the lack of supply line alternatives and their vulnerability to a […]

What BRICS+ entails

13/08/2023 CEN_net 0

If more countries join BRICS at its next summit in Johannesburg it could set the stage for a more equitable and democratic world order. The next BRICS Summit, to take place in Johannesburg, South Africa, from Aug 22 to 24, […]

New cold war at planet’s expense

13/08/2023 CEN_net 0

Introduction by Friends of Socialist China Following is the editorial from the daily UK socialist newspaper, The Morning Star, published on 7 August 2023. Although the editorial deals with the current hysteria in the UK political establishment over “spying” by […]

China’s ancient rice technology

12/08/2023 CEN_net 0

Modern agricultural equipment is helping the ancient farming method of rice ratooning make a comeback in east China. New China TV Ratoon rice technology: A green and resource-efficient way for rice production Ratoon rice refers to the production of a […]

China advances wave energy tech

11/08/2023 CEN_net 0

The development of the China’s offshore renewable energy made a leap forward in mid-June 2023 as the country’s first independently developed megawatt-scale floating wave energy generation device “Nankun” began trial operations in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. The event signals the application of […]