Coal Ban Relaxed, Residents Freeze Amid Gas Shortage
China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection this week directed municipal authorities in 28...
Dec 7, 2017
China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection this week directed municipal authorities in 28...
Jun 18, 2014
Li Keqiang’s three-day visit to the U.K. got into full swing on Tuesday, with the Chinese premier meeting both the Queen and his British counterpart David Cameron. Deals and declarations were announced, covering trade...
Jun 13, 2014
China’s massive energy demands are expected to keep growing as its oil fields continue...
May 22, 2014
Badiucao comments on the recent gas deal between Russia and China which is estimated to be worth...
Mar 6, 2014
The world’s largest consumer of coal, China accounts for approximately half of world...
Feb 24, 2014
At The New Yorker, Raffi Khatchadourian mounts a long exploration of the International...
Nov 6, 2013
China has built 22,000 dams taller than 15 meters since the 1950s, displacing some 16 million...
Sep 5, 2013
Reuters reports that Russia’s Gazprom and China’s CNPC have come closer on a strategic...
Jul 7, 2013
Environmental groups have attacked the impact assessment report for a planned PX plant near Kunming, published late last month following major protests against the project. The report deemed risks from the plant...
Jul 2, 2013
A performance by Jennifer Lopez for Turkmenistan’s leader Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow has provoked accusations that the singer helped to paper over human rights abuses. But with the concert organized in part by the China...
Dec 5, 2012
In January, The New York Times published an investigation into how the U.S. had lost out on manufacturing work for products “Designed by Apple in California” but “Assembled in China”. The report cited the...
Jul 20, 2012
According to a new report (.pdf) by the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, China’s per capita carbon emissions have reached a similar level to the EU’s. Global total emissions continue to rise, with the...
Apr 17, 2012
As the governor of Tokyo plans to buy islands in a disputed part of the East China Sea, Beijing has stated that the plan is illegal and is claiming sovereignty over the region. The East China Sea has been a source of tension...
Dec 6, 2009
Government-owned Sinopec has agreed to buy two million tonnes of natural gas annually from Papua New Guinea to feed its growing economy: Earlier this year another big Chinese energy company, PetroChina Limited, secured a similar...
Aug 18, 2009
In an effort to smooth over recent tensions between the two countries, Chinese and Australian officials held a signing ceremony in Beijing for a major deal in which China will buy $41 billion worth of Australian natural gas....
Dec 29, 2008
In cooperation with South Korean and Indian firms, Burma will supply China’s National United Oil Corporation with natural gas. From the BBC: … Burma’s state energy firm has signed a deal with South...
Feb 20, 2007
From People’s Daily Online: China has made substantial breakthroughs in shipbuilding as the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship made in China, one of the most advanced in the world, will be delivered in September. Only the Republic of Korea, Japan and a few European countries have acquired the technologies to build such ocean liners. […]
Apr 5, 2006
From Xinhua News Agency via sina.com (in Chinese), translated by CDT (link): An official with Russia’s Natural Gas Export Company said on April 4 in Moscow that his country will sign a governmental agreement late this year to kick off exports of natural gas to China, after a momerandum of understanding signed off by President […]