Coal Ban Relaxed, Residents Freeze Amid Gas Shortage
China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection this week directed municipal authorities in 28...
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U.K. Weighs Profit vs. Principle as Li Keqiang Visits
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...
Fracking and China’s Energy Revolution
China’s massive energy demands are expected to keep growing as its oil fields continue...
Badiucao (巴丢草): Deal
Badiucao comments on the recent gas deal between Russia and China which is estimated to be worth...
A Coal Miner’s Dilemma Mirrors China’s
The world’s largest consumer of coal, China accounts for approximately half of world...
Fusion Power, China, and Political Will
At The New Yorker, Raffi Khatchadourian mounts a long exploration of the International...
China’s Dam Boom “a Faustian Bargain”
China has built 22,000 dams taller than 15 meters since the 1950s, displacing some 16 million...
Gazprom, CNPC Near Gas Supply Deal
Reuters reports that Russia’s Gazprom and China’s CNPC have come closer on a strategic...
Kunming PX Environmental Assessment Under Fire
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...
J.Lo Turkmenistan Gig Shines Light on Chinese Oil Firm
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...
Is Insourcing More Than Just Wishful Thinking?
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...
China’s Per Capita Carbon Emissions Match EU’s
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...
China Decries Tokyo Plan to Buy Disputed Isles
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...
China’s Sinopec Secures Gas from Exxon Mobil in Papua New Guinea
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...
China and Australia Sign Energy Deal
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....
Firms to Pipe Burma Gas to China
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...
China to Deliver First Liquefied Natural Gas Ship in September – xinhua
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. […]
Russia to sign gas export agreement with China – Xinhua
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 […]
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