The Pleasant Lion and the Great Wall of Sand
In his in-depth profile of Chinese president Xi Jinping at The New Yorker this week, Evan Osnos...
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Fusion Power, China, and Political Will
At The New Yorker, Raffi Khatchadourian mounts a long exploration of the International...
China in the Antarctic: Polar Power Play
Despite persistent buzz about its ambitions in the Arctic, most of China’s polar resources...
China Becomes World’s Largest Net Oil Importer
The Diplomat’s Zachary Keck reports that China has passed the U.S. to become the...
CNPC Strikes New Venezuelan Oil Deal
Ahead of President Nicolás Maduro’s state visit to Beijing on Saturday, The Wall Street...
What Is China Doing in Africa?
The New York Times’ Adam Nossiter reports that China is encountering resistance to oil deals...
Zhou Yongkang Investigation a “One-Off”
South China Morning Post follows up its report of an impending corruption probe into former...
Environment Ministry Suspends Refinery Approvals
On Thursday, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection froze approvals for new refining...
China Skirts U.S. Sanctions On Iranian Oil
The Wall Street Journal reports that U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil haven’t stopped China...
China Set to Become Largest Net Oil Importer
The U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts that China is likely to become the world’s largest net oil importer as soon as October: The imminent emergence of China as the world’s largest net oil importer has...
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...
Why Not Let China Pump Iraq’s Oil?
The Diplomat’s Zachary Keck challenges U.S. critics who have expressed outrage at the news that China – not America – has become post-war Iraq’s biggest oil customer: Overwhelming public discourse...
China Reaping Biggest Benefits of Iraq Oil Boom
The New York Times’ Tim Arango and Clifford Krauss report that, ten years after the U.S.-led invasion, China is buying up almost half of Iraq’s oil output, taking 1.5 million of a total 3.5 million barrels per day....
‘Gutter Oil’ Expected to Fuel Shanghai Buses
One of China’s ongoing food safety scandals involves the illegal recycling, repackaging, and reuse of cooking oil — which after crude processing is known as “gutter oil” (地沟油). In the midst of an ongoing food...
Arctic Council Approves China as Observer [Updated]
Wednesday is expected [see update below] to see a decision by the eight member states of the Arctic Council on China’s third bid for observer status. Japan, South Korea, India, the E.U., Greenpeace and others have also...
China’s Arctic Ambitions
China’s appetite for raw materials has become a source of concern from Afghanistan and Mongolia to Peru and Zambia. Now, these tensions appear to have spread to Greenland, where the prospect of Chinese encroachment...
China Takes Over Strategic Port in Pakistan
Chinese Overseas Port Holdings Limited took over management of the Pakistani port of Gwadar on Monday, amid suspicion of China’s growing presence in the Indian Ocean. From Reuters: China financed more than 80 percent of...
The Shandong Gutter Oilman
Caixin’s Xie Haitao profiles Shandong gutter oil tycoon Liu Liguo, who stood trial last month. It’s oil with an extra something, but there’s nothing virgin-like about it. Pumped from sewers outside of...
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