China Pushes to Dig More Coal
With the U.S. expected to retreat from its role as a climate leader in the wake of Donald...
energy
CO2 Emissions Fall as China Cuts Coal
In January, just two months after Xi Jinping and Barack Obama jointly pledged to limit carbon...
Fallen Senior Official Liu Tienan Gets Life in Prison
Former deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and head of the...
Fracking and China’s Energy Revolution
China’s massive energy demands are expected to keep growing as its oil fields continue...
China’s Solar Panels Come at a Dirty Cost
China today accounts for more than half of the world’s photovoltaic (PV) production, and the...
China’s Global Search for Energy
Clifford Krauss and Keith Bradsher report for The New York Times that China is “going to...
China Takes One Small Step Towards Fusion Power
Scientists at Hefei’s Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak have achieved a major...
China’s Industrial Growth ‘A Threat To Resources’
Li Jing at The South China Morning Post reports on a United Nations Environment Program study on China’s resource consumption. The study finds that the speed and scale of resource consumption in the past 38 years in China has no...
Has China’s Fracking Revolution Begun?
China faces a “pressing need” to develop new energy sources as its oil fields dry up, writes Elliot Brennan for The Diplomat, and shale gas may hold the key to its future energy security: Estimates of China’s shale...
China Recharges Nuclear Power Ambitions
After defrosting its nuclear plans earlier this year, and amid ongoing questions over its safety in the aftermath of Japan’s Fukushima disaster last year, a nuclear official predicted on Wednesday that...
Why America Should Allow China’s Oil Investment
As U.S. lawmakers continue to scrutinize potential Chinese investments in North America, including this week’s report asserting that telecom giants Huawei and ZTE could threaten U.S. national security interests, Erica...
Explaining CNOOC’s Complicated Canada Deal
For The Diplomat, Hugh Stephens of the Asia Pacific Foundation of China breaks down state-owned CNOOC’s proposed $15.1 billion acquisition of Canada’s Nexen, the latest play by a Chinese state-owned enterprise (SOE)...
New Book Lauds China’s Investment in Global Resources
Dambisa Moyo, a Zambian economist best-known for her argument against international aid to Africa in Dead Aid, has published a new book called Winner Take All: China’s Race For Resources. In a Youtube trailer for her...
China Nuclear Plans Could Help Stimulus Efforts
Amid plans to defrost China’s nuclear plans, the State Council, China’s Cabinet, has approved of a nuclear safety plan. China had initially suspended nuclear power efforts after Japan’s March 11 nuclear crisis. From Reuters: The...
China Suspends New Nuclear Projects as Radiation Fears Spread
Despite assertions from officials that the situation in Japan would not derail the massive planned expansion of China’s own nuclear power capacity, the Wall Street Journal has reported a suspension of approvals for new...
Libyan Strife Exposes China’s Risks In Global Quest For Oil
After the outbreak of violence in Libya, the Chinese government made a big show of evacuating nearly 36000 Chinese nationals working in the country. This Libyan incident may force China to reconsider its strategies for procuring...
China Reportedly Plans Strict Goals to Save Energy
According to an article from the New York Times, the government is in the midst of creating a plan for energy conservation and alternative sources: With oil prices at their highest level in more than two years because of unrest...
Warmer Ties For Russia, China With Big Gas Deals
From AP: Russia and China are closing in on a mammoth energy deal which could insure that Beijing has the fuel to run its factories and cities and Moscow has a vast new market for its natural gas empire. Russian Prime Minister...
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