China’s Water Diversion Plan Reaches the Brahmaputra
According to Stephen Chen from South China Morning Post, Chinese engineers are making plans to...
natural resources
China Promises More Research in Antarctica
Beijing begins hosting the 40th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting today. At the South China...
Oil Deal Lets China Stake Claim in Ecuadorian Amazon
In recent years, as Beijing has been expanding economic ties with Latin America, engagement with...
Myanmar Jails 155 Chinese Citizens for Illegal Logging
In Myanmar, 155 Chinese citizens have been sentenced—all but two to life—for illegal logging....
China Pursues Strategic Interests in Antarctica
Following state media’s recent announcement that state-owned companies were planning to...
Investigating China’s Purchase of American Pork
The Center for Investigative Reporting has produced a two-part series looking into Shuanghui...
Fracking and China’s Energy Revolution
China’s massive energy demands are expected to keep growing as its oil fields continue...
Myanmar: Dragon at the Doorstep
While heavily-disputed and sometimes illegal Chinese extraction projects in Myanmar contribute to...
Chinese Logging Threatens Myanmar Ceasefire
Hereward Holland of National Geographic investigates illegal logging in Myanmar, largely...
Economy and Levi On China’s Resource Quest
Micah Zenko interviews Elizabeth Economy and Michael Levi about their new book By All Means...
Heavy Costs of Growth in Inner Mongolia
Martin Patience at BBC News reports that a resource boom in Inner Mongolia has brought pollution,...
China Further Consolidates Rare Earth Industry
While China is home to around 25% of the world’s proven reserves of rare-earth elements...
Has the U.S. Noticed China’s Pivot to Central Asia?
Xi Jinping’s recent trip to Central Asia marked a watershed moment in China’s pivot to...
How Resource Scarcity Constrains China
Damien Ma and William Adams’ In Line Behind a Billion People explores how scarcity—in terms...
China’s $50bn Spending Spree on New Silk Road
In the past three months alone, China has spent over US$50 billion on energy and infrastructure...
What Is China Doing in Africa?
The New York Times’ Adam Nossiter reports that China is encountering resistance to oil deals...
Why Is China Importing So Much Iron?
Quartz's Gwynn Guilford reports that China's year-on-year imports surged to 10.9% in July at $168 billion and all because of iron ore imports, speculated to serve as collateral for bank loans: But wait—what exactly was...
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...
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