Oil Deal Lets China Stake Claim in Ecuadorian Amazon
In recent years, as Beijing has been expanding economic ties with Latin America, engagement with...
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Fujian Governor Under Investigation
Su Shulin, governor of Fujian Province and a former top oil executive, has become the first acting...
Sinopec President Investigated for Corruption
On Monday, China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced in an online...
Hundreds Protest Chemical Plant in Guangdong
Reuters reports that hundreds of residents of Maoming, in Guangdong Province, marched against a...
63 Face Punishment Over Qingdao Pipeline Blast
The Wall Street Journal’s Wayne Ma reports that 43 people have been disciplined following an...
Li Qun: Maintain Stability After Qingdao Explosion
Residents of Huangdao, the district of Qingdao where an oil pipeline explosion last Friday has...
Qingdao Residents Protest After Pipeline Explosion
Residents of Qingdao’s Huangdao District, site of the Sinopec oil pipeline explosion last...
Nine Detained as Qingdao Pipeline Death Toll Rises
In the wake of the Sinopec oil pipeline that exploded on the outskirts of Qingdao last Friday, the...
Dozens Killed in Qingdao Pipeline Rupture (Updated)
[See updates below] An explosion outside a petrochemical plant on the outskirts of Qingdao has...
CNPC Strikes New Venezuelan Oil Deal
Ahead of President Nicolás Maduro’s state visit to Beijing on Saturday, The Wall Street...
Environment Ministry Suspends Refinery Approvals
On Thursday, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection froze approvals for new refining...
Ministry of Truth: Guangdong Directives
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies...
Infographic: China’s State-Owned Enterprises
Ministry of Tofu has translated an infographic from CNpolitics.org which illustrates the dominance of state-owned enterprises among China’s largest companies. The largest private Chinese company, Huawei, ranks just 39th...
Wikileaks Uncovers Honeytrapped Chinese Officials
The Taipei Times reports the alleged capture of high-ranking Chinese officials in a “honey trap” set by a Taiwanese intelligence operative. The story was uncovered by American diplomatic cables recently released by...
China Moves Top Bosses in Oil Sector
The Chinese government has announced that Fu Chengyu, the former chairman of state-owned company Cnooc Ltd., will become the new chairman of Sinopec (China Petrochemical Corp). From Wall Street Journal: China changed top...
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...
Tuesday Map: China’s Oil Empire
Foreign Policy reposts a map created by China’s Economic Observer showing China’s big oil companies’ (CNOOC, CNPC, and Sinopec) interests across the globe. As Foreign Policy points out, Sudan is notable absent...
China’s Sinopec Offers $7.22 Billion for Oil Firm
The New York Times reports: The giant Chinese oil company Sinopec has made a $7.22 billion takeover bid for the international oil and gas exploration company Addax Petroleum, the companies announced Wednesday. The takeover would...
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