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China’s top diplomat bashes Trump policies, warns Biden to respect ‘redline’ issues
Top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi warned the Biden administration against making the “strategic misjudgment” of treating China as an adversary. The issues of Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, and Xinjiang all “constitute a redline that must not be crossed,” he added.
February 2, 2021 Source: The China Project
The future of U.S.-China philanthropic collaboration on the environment
“At the end of the day, compared to climate, everything else is irrelevant,” says Joyce Ma, China Country Director for The Nature Conservancy.
January 30, 2021 Source: The China Project
U.S.-China foundations find common ground on climate change
Raising environmental awareness is one area that the Chinese government recognizes as a long-term collective endeavor, requiring widespread social participation and public education.
January 30, 2021 Source: The China Project
Beijing rejects idea of climate as ‘standalone issue’ in U.S.-China relations
China is not eager to appear friendly with the U.S., despite the change of leadership in Washington.
January 28, 2021 Source: The China Project
U.S.-China cooperation on climate change: Q&A with Huang Zhong and Cary Krosinsky
Where do the U.S. and China currently stand on climate issues, and how might the incoming Joe Biden administration improve cooperation in this area?
January 19, 2021 Source: The China Project
The hidden environmental cost of online shopping in China
Internet shopping has revolutionized the Chinese economy, but young consumers want sustainability.
January 15, 2021 Source: The China Project
China encourages green finance, new-energy vehicles after carbon-neutral pledge
How will China meet its goal to reach carbon neutrality before 2060? Government agencies say they will prioritize climate-friendly financing, and the replacement of gas-burning cars with hybrids or new-energy vehicles. Details on the phasing out of coal remain uncertain.
October 28, 2020 Source: The China Project
China to act on air pollution. Climate change, not so much.
China’s State Council said that it wants to “apply research outcomes to prevent and control air pollution,” but it made no specific mention of carbon emissions or climate change.
September 3, 2020 Source: The China Project
Q&A: Dr. Fan Dai on China and climate change
Dr. Fan Dai will speak at The China Project’s fourth annual Women’s Conference, which is slated to take place virtually on September 9 and 10. Prior to the event, we recently sat down with her to talk about questions on China’s climate commitments and its role in international climate collaboration.
September 1, 2020 Source: The China Project
After weeks of flooding, China’s Leshan Giant Buddha gets its toes wet for the first time since 1949
Sichuan Province and Chongqing issued their highest levels of flood warning, as a historic deluge continued across much of central and southwestern China. The Three Gorges Dam is expected to hit a record water level this Saturday.
August 19, 2020 Source: The China Project
Coal is back in China
After several years of restricting new coal-burning power plants, China is building them again despite existing excess capacity.
August 3, 2020 Source: The China Project
Rising sea levels to turn Shanghai into a swamp — study
The new study finds that the number of people vulnerable to sea level rise is tens of millions higher than previously thought, and that China is one of the countries worst affected.
October 31, 2019 Source: The China Project
China to launch world’s largest financial market for carbon emissions
Officials in Beijing announced on Tuesday a blueprint for opening the world’s largest financial market for carbon emissions, a long-anticipated move in China’s ongoing fight…
December 19, 2017 Source: The China Project
Despite climate change vow, China pushes to dig more coal
“China’s response to coal scarcity shows how hard it will be to wean the country off coal. That makes it harder for China and the world to meet emissions targets, as Chinese coal is the world’s largest single source of carbon emissions from human activities.”
November 30, 2016 Source: The China Project
Sinica backgrounder: Edward Wong, exiting Beijing bureau chief for The New York Times
To accompany this week’s Sinica Podcast, a sampling of the work of Edward Wong, a reporter at The New York Times who is about to return to the U.S. from a post in Beijing.
November 29, 2016 Source: The China Project
News roundup: Two takes on Xi Jinping’s China plus chef Fuchsia Dunlop on the Sinica Podcast
Top China news for November 17, 2016. Get this daily digest delivered to your inbox by signing up at supchina.com/subscribe.
November 18, 2016 Source: The China Project
China tells Trump that climate change is no hoax it invented
China’s vice foreign minister, Liu Zhenmin, said at climate talks in Morocco that China couldn’t have invented climate change. “If you look at the history of climate change negotiations, actually it was initiated by the IPCC with the support of the Republicans during the Reagan and senior Bush administration during the late 1980s,” he stated.
November 17, 2016 Source: The China Project
News roundup: Would China win a trade war with the U.S.?
Top China news for November 11, 2016. Get this daily digest delivered to your inbox by signing up at supchina.com/subscribe.
November 12, 2016 Source: The China Project
Climate activists now hope Trump was just joking about that whole China thing
The next American president has called climate change a Chinese deception and a “hoax,” and global leaders are wondering if he will pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement made last year. China’s top climate negotiator, warning Trump days before his election victory, said that “a wise political leader should take policy stances that conform with global trends.”
November 10, 2016 Source: The China Project