China’s electricity consumption smashed the previous record in July as a prolonged heatwave settled over major load centres, especially in the Yangtze Delta, driving an enormous increase in air-conditioning and refrigeration.
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US Sends Defense Treaty Trigger Warning to China
A maritime analyst has called Sabina Shoal a “new front” in China’s long-running territorial dispute with the Philippines.
China’s Xi lauds Olympic team for ‘morality and style’ amid doping scrutiny
China’s President Xi Jinping on Tuesday hailed the Chinese Olympic delegation for maintaining high standards of “morality, style and cleanliness” in their pursuit of gold metals at the Paris Olympics.
China Ally Hints Putin-Xi Pipeline Plan Is Going Nowhere
Russia’s proposed natural gas pipeline to China hit a roadblock on Friday after the landlocked East Asian country Mongolia moved to exclude the project in its national action program through 2028.
China Issues Warship Warning to NATO Member
The German navy said its Indo-Pacific deployment showed Berlin’s commitment to free and safe shipping lanes and a rules-based international order.
China’s Xi promises stronger Fiji ties in world of ‘turmoil’
Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to strengthen ties with Fiji in a world beset with “turmoil” as he met the Pacific island’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka in Beijing on Tuesday. He said Beijing …
China’s Xi Jinping hosts Fijian prime minister on Beijing visit
Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted Fijian Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka for talks in Beijing on Tuesday. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
China is backing off coal power plant approvals after a 2022-23 surge that alarmed climate experts
Approvals for new coal-fired power plants have dropped sharply in China after a flurry of permits in the previous two years raised concern about the government’s commitment to limiting climate change …
China Weighs Letting Local Governments Issue Bonds to Buy Homes
China is considering a new funding option for local governments to buy unsold homes after a series of rescue packages failed to prop up the market, according to people familiar with the matter.
Stopping the Next China Shock
Western analysts expected that China would have to shed its statist, market-distorting policies to meet the commitments it made on entering the WTO. Democratic reforms, it was believed, would quickly …
Philippine says China coast guard’s actions at shoal not helping confidence building
The actions by China’s coast guard against Philippine vessels near the Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea were illegal and “do not contribute to confidence building”, a Philippine maritime council …
Shenzhen puts big bucks into university project
The southern boomtown of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, is set to invest approximately 6 billion yuan ($840 million) in the initial construction phase of the new Shenzhen Ocean University campus, with …
China Approves Record 11 New Nuclear Power Reactors
China approved 11 nuclear reactors across five sites Monday, a record amount of new permits as the nation leans even more heavily on atomic energy to support its push to eliminate emissions.
