Samuel Wade (@samuel_wade@mstdn.ca) is Executive Editor for CDT English, and is based in Vancouver.
Wired magazine’s Raw File photo blog features Tommaso Bonaventura’s pictures of modern-day Mao lookalikes: “They don’t belong to real agencies.” says Bonaventura. “The one double from Beijing works alone. They often work in...
Read MoreAt Foreign Policy, rare-earth trader Tim Worstall questions the strategic value of China’s current position as the minerals’ dominant supplier, following the apparent suspension and rapid resumption of shipments to...
Read MoreWhile a recent Los Angeles Times article emphasized the use of water diversion to supply China’s cities, Beijing Review describes ongoing efforts to reclaim Inner Mongolian desert with laborious planting fed by redirection...
Read MoreAn overview in The Los Angeles Times of the colossal South-North Water Diversion includes a variety of perspectives on the project: “This is on a par with the Great Wall, a project essential for the survival of China,” said Wang...
Read MoreInternational Rivers has confirmed that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is backing Ethiopia’s controversial Gibe 3 dam, whose generating equipment is to be provided by the Dongfang Electric Corporation. While...
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