China's Xi Says To Prioritize Energy Cooperation With Iran
"(We) must prioritize energy and financial cooperation."
China Admonishes Malcolm Turnbull on South China Sea Comments
China hoped Australia would ‘stay committed to not taking sides on issues concerning disputes over sovereignty’.
China Is Hoarding the World's Oil
Goldman Sachs says Chinese hoarding may avert $20 oil scenario.
Environment
09.17.15
Beijing Welcomes World’s First Smog-Eating Tower
from chinadialogueBeijingers 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...
Conversation
09.16.15
What Would New Breakthroughs on Climate Change Mean for the U.S.-China Relationship?
With just over a week to go before Chinese President Xi Jinping begins his first State Visit to the United States, there is much evidence to suggest that bilateral action to fight climate change is an area most ripe for meaningful Sino-U.S....
In Africa, Those Who Bet on China Face Fallout
Economic slowdown in China exacerbates strain for trading partners in Africa.
Environment
09.03.15
The Yellow River: A History of China’s Water Crisis
from chinadialogueDuring the hot, dry month of August 1992, the farmers of Baishan village in Hebei province and Panyang village in Henan came to blows. Residents from each village hurled insults and rudimentary explosives at the other across the Zhang River—the...
Environment
08.21.15
Beijing Tells Mayors of Chinese Cities to Clean Up Their Air
from chinadialogueIn China, “APEC blue” was the sarcastic term used to refer to the unusually clear skies Beijing enjoyed when an Asia-Pacific leaders summit was in...
Caixin Media
08.11.15
Auditors Probe Sinopec, Savvy Broker in Angola
Government auditors are taking a closer look at U.S.$10 billion worth of offshore oil investments by state-run China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) that owe their existence to a Hong Kong businessman with a flair for networking in the...
Environment
07.30.15
China’s Shift From Coal to Hydro Comes at a Heavy Price
from chinadialogueAs outlined in China’s national climate plan, submitted to the United Nations last month, the country’s aim to...
This Instagram Account Offers a New Perspective on China
Some photographs show the surprisingly mundane moments in the life of regular Chinese, such as Albertazzi’s image of a group of men playing cards in their swim shorts on a hot summer afternoon in Beijing; others are images from long-term...
Environment
07.15.15
Scientists Call for More Emission Cuts
from chinadialogueIt is still possible to limit average global temperature rise to two degrees Celsius (2˚C) and avoid catastrophic climate change, but the remaining global carbon budget—the amount...
Oil Prices Rise on China Recovery and Iran Deadlock
Oil prices climb as Chinese stocks rebounded, easing concerns about China’s economic growth, and expectations of higher Iranian crude-oil exports receded.
Conversation
07.08.15
Are China’s Limits on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Meaningful?
Last week, Premier Li Keqiang said China would cut its “carbon intensity”—the amount of carbon dioxide emitted per...
Iron Ore Plunges 10pc Amid Extended China Market Route
Iron ore retreated to the lowest level in at least six years as a rout in China's stock markets threatened to hurt demand just as the biggest producers plan to raise output.
China Offers Private Companies Rights to Explore Six Oil-and-Gas Blocks
China’s government is making a small step toward opening the nation’s energy resources to private investment.
South China Sea Dispute Between China, Philippines Heads To Court
The Philippines argued at a closed hearing on Tuesday that an international court should intervene in its dispute with China over the right in the South China Sea.
Environment
07.01.15
China Deepens Planned Cuts to Carbon Intensity
from chinadialogueChina has mapped out how it will try and peak greenhouse emissions by 2030 or before, details that could have a major bearing on U.N. climate talks aimed at delivering a deal in Paris later this year.
The world’s largest emitter of...
Gas Leak Raises Fears Over China Network
A brand new natural gas pipeline operated by CNPC in Yunnan sprung a leak, raising worries about the safety of China's network of oil and gas pipes.
The Truth About China’s South China Sea Land Reclamation Announcement
China's building of artificial islands is illegal and detrimental to peace and stability in the South China Sea.
Books
06.16.15
The Yellow River
Flowing through the heart of the North China Plain―home to 200 million people―the Yellow River sustains one of China’s core regions. Yet this vital water supply has become highly vulnerable in recent decades, with potentially serious repercussions for China’s economic, social, and political stability. The Yellow River is an investigative expedition to the source of China’s contemporary water crisis, mapping the confluence of forces that have shaped the predicament that the world’s most populous nation now faces in managing its water reserves.
Environment
06.15.15
China’s Greehouse Gas Emissions Likely to Peak by 2025
from chinadialogueChina’s output of greenhouse gases could peak in 2025, five years earlier than it has promised, meaning that the world’s largest emitter may be able to quicken the pace of cuts in coming decades, according to a new...
China’s “New Normal”: Structural Change, Better Growth, and Peak Emissions
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
China has grown rapidly—often at double-digit rates—for more than three decades by following a strategy of high investment, strong export orientation, and energy-intensive manufacturing. While this growth lifted hundreds of millions out of...
Conversation
05.29.15
Did the Game Just Change in the South China Sea? (And What Should the U.S. Do About It?)
As the 14th annual Asia Security Summit—or the Shangri-La Dialogue, as it has come to be known—gets underway in Singapore, we asked contributors to comment on...
Paris Can’t Be Another Copenhagen
The U.S. and China must rapidly increase collaboration on climate change both within and beyond the framework of the conference.
China Warned Over ‘Insane’ Plans for New Nuclear Power Plants
He Zuoxiu, a leading scientist, says China is not investing enough in safety controls after the Fukushima disaster in Japan.
Environment
05.20.15
Can China Really Meet Its Clean Energy Goals? And How?
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
05.19.15
No Ordinary Disruption
Our intuition on how the world works could well be wrong. We are surprised when new competitors burst on the scene, or businesses protected by large and deep moats find their defenses easily breached, or vast new markets are conjured from nothing. Trend lines resemble saw-tooth mountain ridges.
Environment
05.14.15
Nepal Earthquake Highlights Dangers of Dam-Building in Tibet
from chinadialogueAlthough the precise picture is still unclear, it’s likely that Nepal’s huge earthquake in April 2015 wreaked major damage...
How the South China Sea Could help Beijing Level the Nuclear Playing Field
China bases its nuclear submarines, including the four equipped to launch ballistic missiles, on Hainan Island.
Pentagon Report: China Deploys MIRV Missile
For China to join the MIRV club strains China’s claim of having a minimum nuclear deterrent.
Obama’s Quiet Nuclear Deal with China Raises Proliferation Concerns
Beijing could buy more U.S.-designed reactors and pursue a facility or the technology to reprocess plutonium.
China Tilts Towards Liberal Latin American Economies
China is promoting a Chinese-built, cross-Andes rail link that would allow Brazilian ore and soya to be shipped from Pacific ports in Peru to Asia.
China, Russia Prepare $2 Billion Agricultural Investment Fund
The fund will develop agricultural projects in the two countries and set up a free-trade zone between their key farming belts.
As Russia Remembers War in Europe, Guest of Honor Is From China
China’s leader, Xi Jinping, is an imperfect symbol of the wartime past and an uncertain one for Russia’s future.
China Issues Guideline for Eco-Friendly Development
Safeguarding the environment lags China’s economic status—limited resources and severe pollution preventing sustainable growth.
China, Pursuing Strategic Interests, Builds Presence in Antarctica - NYTimes.com
China, Pursuing Strategic Interests, Builds Presence in Antarctica...
Ask The Vietnamese About War, And They Think China, Not The U.S.
Vietnam's brief but bloody border war with China in 1979 left more than 50,000 dead.
Books
04.30.15
Fantasy Islands
The rise of China and its status as a leading global factory are altering the way people live and consume. At the same time, the world appears wary of the real costs involved. Fantasy Islands probes Chinese, European, and American eco-desire and eco-technological dreams, and examines the solutions they offer to environmental degradation in this age of global economic change.
Environment
04.24.15
Fracking May be Needed in China to Wean it Off Coal
from chinadialogueFracking of China’s huge shale gas reserves will only have a modest impact on the environment if anti-pollution controls—many of them new—are enforced rigorously, says a new report from the U.K.-based...
Conversation
04.23.15
A New Era for China and Pakistan?
This week, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Islamabad and showered Pakistan with attention and promises of $46 billion in development support. What does this intensified Sino-Pakistani engagement mean for Asia and the rest of the world? —...
Cities in China’s North Resist Tapping Water Piped From South
Huge project transferring water from Yangtze River to drier regions runs into budgetary constraints.
China’s Big Plunge in Pakistan
If China can advance a stable Pakistan through development programs, the whole region would benefit.
China Warns North Korea’s Nuclear Arsenal is Expanding
China's communist ally may already have 20 warheads and the enrichment capacity to double that number in a year.
China’s Investing $46 B to Carve Route Through one of World’s Most Dangerous Regions
Xi visiing Pakistan to sign energy and infrastructure deals for a corridor stretching to Xinjiang.
Towards A Water & Energy Secure China
China Water Risk
China’s waterscape is changing. Water risks in China, be they physical, economic or regulatory, have great social-economic impacts and are well recognized, especially those in China’s water-energy nexus. Today, 93 percent of power generation in...
Can the US and China Save the World?
The Department of Commerce emphasized Obama's commitment to fighting climate change through clean energy development.
Petrobras Deepens China Tie With $3.5 Billion Loan Deal
The world’s most indebted oil producer bolsters ties to China as corruption scandal shuts it out of international bond markets.
Can Fracking Green China’s Growth?
Overseas Development Institute
This paper analyses the best available technical, scientific, and engineering literature on the risks and opportunities posed by shale gas, and also what policy environment could maximise the opportunity and minimise the risk. It also analyses...
Car-Hire Services Compete for the Ride Stuff
Uber's deal with a car broker is a sign of growing competition among firms relying on car-hire and taxi-hailing apps.
Seeing Through the Smog
Potential impacts of the documentary Under the Domes on China’s Civic Participation.
Coal Boomtowns Fade as China Declares War on Pollution
China is headed towards peak coal which means cities reliant on coal mining struggle.
Environment
03.19.15
World Coal Investments Increasingly Risky, Especially China’s
from chinadialogueThe investment case for coal-fired power is looking increasingly unconvincing, but more plants will need to be cancelled if the world is to avoid runaway climate change, a report published on Monday said.
The...
Party Investigates CNPC Executive Once Seen as Company’s Next Leader
Liao Yongyuan, who oversaw gas pipeline project crossing country, becomes target of inquiry by party graft-buster.
India Should Play Bigger Role in South China Sea, Says Singapore
India’s involvement in the region could give Southeast Asian nations a further buffer against China.
China Carbon Emissions Decline as 2014 Global CO2 Stays Flat
New data from the International Energy Agency a sign that efforts to control pollution are gaining traction.
The China Africa Project
03.13.15
The Spy Cables: Chinese Espionage in Africa
Buried in the trove of secret intelligence documents known as “The Spy...
