For more than two months, China—along with the rest of the globe—has been struggling with extreme heat and severe droughts. Hundreds of cities are facing temperatures in the 90s and higher, and Beijing last month issued its first nationwide...
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), headquartered in Beijing, held its second annual meeting on the Korean island of Jeju last week. Korea is currently positioning Jeju as a zero-carbon tourist destination, so the...
Last week, President Donald Trump declared that he would bring back coal jobs, directing the EPA to roll back the Clean Power Plan and other regulations on coal producers.
China is canceling plans to build more than 100 coal-fired power plants, seeking to rein in runaway, wasteful investment in the sector while moving the country away from one of the dirtiest forms of electricity generation
Desperate to deliver coal before power stations run out, China mobilizes trains and half-mile lines of trucks
Trump Hotel Collection negotiated with the State Grid Corporation of China to brand and manage a major development in the capital
Think Chinese SOEs' have little incentive to stray beyond China? That's far from the case. Just look at Britain's utilities
Local wariness toward China’s growing economic influence has risen amid a wave of Chinese takeovers of Australian businesses.
Chinese love their cars. With the emergence of a large middle class, and in spite of restrictions on daily car use in some cities, many Chinese...
China’s central government has ordered local authorities to delay or cancel construction of new coal-fired power plants, as regulators attempt to reduce a glut in capacity, just one year after decisions were delegated to the...
As outlined in China’s national climate plan, submitted to the United Nations last month, the country’s aim to...
Although the precise picture is still unclear, it’s likely that Nepal’s huge earthquake in April 2015 wreaked major damage...
China leads the world in infrastructure investment. The new roads, new railroads, new skyscrapers, even whole new cities that seem to spring into existence every day leave little doubt that investment has been ambitious. But has it been wise?...
Dam building slowed considerably under Wen, who personally intervened to block hydropower projects and avoid the potential for protest from local populations. Projects such as the $59 billion Three Gorges Dam have been the focus of criticism over...
This summer, Chinese people have been thinking twice before turning on their air conditioners.
In July, tiered electricity pricing came into effect across China, except in the far western regions of Tibet and Xinjiang. This means the people...
