Environmental Transparency in China Still Lacking
At Marketplace, Rob Schmitz reports police obstruction and intimidation in Chengdu, where he was...
petroleum industry
Reuters: Zhou Yongkang Not Direct Target of Investigation
Challenging recent claims in the South China Morning Post, Reuters reports that former security...
Zhou Yongkang Investigation a “One-Off”
South China Morning Post follows up its report of an impending corruption probe into former...
Will the Public Be Persuaded That PX Is Safe?
The week before last month’s explosion at a Zhangzhou PX plant, a Southern Weekly article...
Oil and the Beijing-Baghdad Trade Axis
Iraq could become the world’s next “oil superpower,” writes J. Michael Cole in The Diplomat, as China has stepped in with considerable capital to create an unlikely partnership that could define a new era of...
Oil Boom Refines a County’s School System
Caixin reports on major educational reforms in an oil-rich county in Shaanxi province: Situated in petroleum-rich northern Shaanxi Province, Wuqi County has reaped the benefits of its natural endowments in recent years. A...
China Oil Tycoon Held in $127 mln Graft Probe – Chen Aizhu
From Reuters: A tycoon who heads China’s largest private oil group has been detained on suspicion of embezzling 1 billion yuan ($127.9 million) in private and government funds, media reported on Tuesday. Gong Jialong, chairman of the Tianfa Group, owner of listed Tianfa Petroleum Co. Ltd. and head of the two-year-old China Chamber of Commerce […]
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