Books
01.23.17

China as an Innovation Nation

This volume assesses China’s transition to innovation-nation status in terms of social conditions, industry characteristics, and economic impacts over the past three decades, also providing insights into future developments.

Environment
10.21.16

Will Chinese Money Transform Pakistan?

 from chinadialogue

The development of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has spurred debate in all quarters. Some perceive it as a form of neo-colonialism and criticize Pakistan’s government for promoting unethical business practices at the...

Environment
02.22.16

China’s Wind Power Overtakes the E.U.

 from chinadialogue

China has overtaken Europe to become the world’s biggest producer of wind power after its domestic sector grew by 60 percent last year.

Following a government-backed drive to build new wind farms, China’s installed capacity...

Environment
09.17.15

Beijing Welcomes World’s First Smog-Eating Tower

 from chinadialogue

Beijingers enjoyed a rare breath of fresh air this week. The city’s smog levels fell to their lowest levels in recent years, as authorities scrambled to shut down factories and curb car use so that China’s Second World War victory military parade...

Environment
05.20.15

Can China Really Meet Its Clean Energy Goals? And How?

Jill Baker

China is the world’s largest energy consumer, and its energy use is dirty and inefficient. But it is working hard to change that. Currently, coal accounts for nearly 70 percent of China’s total energy consumption, and this, coupled with an aging...

Books
02.25.15

The Greening of Asia

Mark L. Clifford

One of Asia's best-respected writers on business and economy, Hong Kong-based author Mark L. Clifford provides a behind-the-scenes look at what companies in China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, and Thailand are doing to build businesses that will lessen the environmental impact of Asia's extraordinary economic growth. Dirty air, foul water, and hellishly overcrowded cities are threatening to choke the region's impressive prosperity.

Unprecedented: Chinese Company Beats Obama in Court

In an unprecedented development on Tuesday,Chinese-owned Ralls Corp. proved the naysayers wrong, securing a court victory over the president that could shake up the way the U.S. reviews foreign acquisitions with national security concerns.

Can China Clean Up Fast Enough?

China is going through an industrial-powered growth spurt and the urge to get rich outweighs the desire for clean air. However, China is beginning to clean up its act.

Environment
07.18.13

Chinese Nuclear Versus Chinese Renewables

 from chinadialogue

Germany’s Energy transition (‘Energiewende’) has been much feted, but when it comes to energy and climate-change policy, China is the country to watch. Its burgeoning economy and voracious appetite for coal-fired power make it the...

Books
03.20.13

Green Innovation in China

As the greatest coal-producing and consuming nation in the world, China would seem an unlikely haven for wind power. Yet the country now boasts a world-class industry that promises to make low-carbon technology more affordable and available to all. Conducting an empirical study of China’s remarkable transition and the possibility of replicating their model elsewhere, Joanna I. Lewis adds greater depth to a theoretical understanding of China’s technological innovation systems and its current and future role in a globalized economy.

Environment
08.15.12

Can New Trials Boost Chinese Wind?

 from chinadialogue

For the last half year, the National Energy Administration (NEA) has been making its interest in Inner Mongolia’s western regions crystal clear. This part of north China, rich in wind-power potential, has hosted group after group of energy...