Establishing a fund to help poor countries cope with climate change will be “the biggest obstacle“During the UN talks to try to curb global warming that will begin in Glasgow on October 31, a Chinese environmental official said on Wednesday. Richer countries agreed in 2009 to establish a $ 100 billion a year fund to […]
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Isn’t Xi coming? Hopes of COP26 are extinguished by probable absence of the Chinese leader
The leaders of most of the large issuers of greenhouse gases of the world will meet in Glasgow starting Sunday, with the aim of discussing plans and funds to tilt the planet towards clean energy. However, the boss of the greatest of them all will probably not be there. The expected absence of the Chinese […]
China confines a city of four million people over small COVID outbreak
Chinese authorities on Tuesday imposed a lockdown on the northwestern city of Lanzhou of four million people to contain a small outbreak of COVID 100 days after the start of the Beijing Winter Games. “All residential neighborhoods must remain closed”And strictly controlled movements, the municipality announced after China registered 29 local infections of the coronavirus […]
Hong Kong or the dismantling of civil society
From demanding in the streets an improvement of their democratic system to the arrest of activists and opponents, and the forced dismantling of civil society organizations: in less than two years Hong Kong it has gone from being a vibrant society to seeing almost any hint of dissent censored. Only between January and September of […]
China decides new lockdowns due to COVID outbreaks
Updated 10/25/2021 08:13 am The Chinese authorities confined tens of thousands of residents of the north of the country and asked the inhabitants of the capital to limit their movements due to the rebound in COVID cases, one hundred days before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics. China identified 39 new COVID cases on […]
China wants to limit the use of fossil fuels to less than 20% by 2060
Updated on 10/24/2021 12:49 pm China wants to limit the use of fossil fuels to less than 20% by 2060, according to a plan that includes several objectives to achieve carbon neutrality, published this Sunday by the official Xinhua news agency. Chinese President Xi Jinping wants to start reducing polluting emissions by 2030 and achieve […]
China to expand property tax and plan to control property speculation
Updated on 10/24/2021 11:41 am China will expand a pilot property tax reform plan, state press reported, as the government seeks to contain the real estate speculationa in the second world economy. The Chinese housing market soared after a 1998 reform that sparked a construction boom backed by rapid urbanization and wealth accumulation. But as […]
What is the US “strategic ambiguity” towards Taiwan?
USA clarified on Friday that it maintains “unchanged” its policy towards Taiwan, after the president Joe Biden seemed to cast doubt on the “strategic ambiguity” that has so far maintained stability in the region. What is “strategic ambiguity” and why would a firm and clear engagement with Taiwan be risky? Two rival Chinas Taiwan separated […]
China enacts law to reduce homework
China It promulgated this Saturday a law that limits extracurricular tasks and courses, an initiative whose objective is to reduce the great pressure suffered by students, according to official media. In order to protect youth, the government has approved several paternalistic rules in recent months, in order to combat activities that it considers harmful to […]
US Intelligence Concerned About Chinese Tech Advances Like AI
The Intelligence of USA expressed concern about development by China from Artificial Intelligence (AI), and other technologies that could put Beijing ahead of Washington in the military and other fields. The U.S. Center for National Counterintelligence and Security (NCSC) said in a report that China is aiming to take the lead in several emerging technologies […]