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China and climate change

China and climate change
The latest news, analysis and opinion on China and climate change. In-depth analysis, industry insights and expert opinion.
Railway workers inspect a bridge in Ningbo City, eastern China’s Zhejiang province, ahead of Typhoon Bavi making landfall on the Chinese mainland. Photo: Xinhua
China's economic recovery

As Typhoon Bavi looms, has China’s investment in flood defences paid off?

Chinese authorities have ramped up spending on disaster prevention in recent years, but some worry local debt levels could hinder the campaign.

China’s carbon neutral goal

Beijing’s evolving carbon road map balances climate targets and energy security

Climate change

Opinion | Trump’s rants over China’s green energy transition are just hot air

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China energy security

China’s latest nuclear reactor connects to grid, set to supply power to 1m

New reactor at Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant launches as Guangdong sees a growing number of reactors built across the province.

The Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant in China’s southern Guangdong province. Photo: Xinhua
China consumption

China unveils recycling push to bolster resource security, shore up green shift

The nation seeks to narrow the gap with regional peers such as Japan and South Korea by establishing a more comprehensive, granular recycling infrastructure.

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China food security

China food-security risks worsen as extreme weather becomes more common

Heavy rains and growing drought risks may make it harder to feed China’s 1 billion-plus population.

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Accidents and disasters in China

China’s Politburo orders rapid-response overhaul in the face of extreme weather

Meeting urges steps to prevent disaster and ‘always put the safety of people’s lives first’.

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China’s Politburo urges local governments to evacuate residents in a timely manner and prevent mass casualties from extreme weather. Photo: Xinhua
China energy security

China to generate 50% of electricity from nuclear and non-fossil sources by 2030

Recent oil shocks have strengthened Beijing’s resolve as it tries to balance decarbonisation efforts with securing future energy demand.

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China energy security

China green-energy costs seen undercutting traditional energy as capacity soars

Energy-storage chairman eyes ‘0.1-yuan era’ for equipment as solar and wind projects gradually sideline coal in the nation’s power-generation mix.

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US-China relations

Opinion | Energy now a focus of US-China contest of the century

As China and the US race towards energy dominance, attention to climate resilience and resource security can ensure positive outcomes for all.

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Workers inspect a wind turbine on April 23, in China’s Jilin province. Photo : Xinhua
Science

Why wind and solar power is going to ‘waste’ in China in the global energy crisis

Use of renewables held back by ‘inflexible management of coal power plants and power grids, not a lack of grid infrastructure’: CREA.

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A new report says China’s “wasted” wind and solar energy stems from inflexible grid management that continues to position coal as a stabilising source of power and stymies a clean energy expansion. Photo: Xinhua
Environment

Video | Are we on the verge of another nuclear age?

Industry leaders predict China will become the world’s largest nuclear power producer by 2030.

China manufacturing

China told the solar industry to cut capacity. Firms built new factories anyway

Beijing has been striving to rein in severe overcapacity in the solar industry. But the sector is still plagued by illegal facilities, an insider says.

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China technology

AI gives China ‘God’s-eye view’ of green sector as data-centre demand booms

Alibaba and Peking University map nation’s extensive green-energy sites – a move that could help stabilise national grid amid surge in computing-power needs.

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Rows of solar panels are seen at a photovoltaic farm in Datong, China. Photo: AP
China economy

Opinion | Rise of China complicates ‘authoritarian’ vs ‘democratic’ binary

As China’s trajectory exposes the limitations of labels inherited from another era, understanding how governance systems work is more important.

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A large screen shows news footage of China’s Chang’e-6 lunar probe collecting a sample from the far side of the moon, in Beijing, China, on June 4, 2024. Photo: Reuters
US-China relations

China plan to be global arbitration hub fighting Western distrust: experts

China’s newly revised Arbitration Law marks the most significant overhaul of the country’s commercial dispute framework since 1994.

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Business of climate change

China Resources Power’s renewable energy arm cleared for Shenzhen IPO

Listing approval for Hong Kong-listed CRP’s unit highlights strong demand for clean energy, driven by China’s long-term decarbonisation targets.

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Science

China builds world’s first ‘coal battery’ with zero emission

New technology developed by Chinese scientists achieves higher energy efficiency than burning while eliminating carbon dioxide emissions.

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A team of Chinese researchers have for the first time built what they call a zero-carbon-emission direct coal fuel cell, or ZC-DCFC. Photo: Shutterstock Images
China-EU relations

‘It’s a tightrope’: why Europe’s wind industry faces a growing China dilemma

A debate is swirling in Europe over what role China should play in its wind power push, as the continent confronts the Middle East energy crisis.

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China energy security

Nuclear power revival gets boost from Iran war

China is set to open seven nuclear reactors this year, and other countries are reconsidering atomic energy as the Strait of Hormuz shutdown disrupts oil and gas supplies.

China energy security

China’s vast nuclear power sector now able to build 50 reactors at a time

China has more reactors under construction than the rest of the world combined, as it aims to become a global leader in nuclear power.

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A view of the Taipingling nuclear power project in China’s Guangdong Province. Photo: Xinhua
Science

China warns strong El Nino this year may worsen global fossil fuel crisis

National Climate Centre says higher temperatures and extreme weather could create ‘damaging loop’ that hits the climate and the economy.

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A strong El Nino can increase the risk of floods and other extreme weather events. Photo: AFP
Science

How hydrogen could help China cut natural gas use and carbon emissions

A large-scale project in Shandong province is part of a national green energy push.

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China energy security

China starts work on solar plant under extreme conditions, amid energy crisis

Beijing will build the world’s highest-altitude parabolic trough solar thermal facility on the Tibet Plateau to diversify power sources.

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China energy security

Unlimited petrol? Chinese firm claims it can produce fuel from air and water

The start-up plans to build ‘large-scale’ facilities to convert carbon dioxide into synthetic fuel, though some question its commercial feasibility.

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A view of Lingang in eastern Shanghai, where Carbonology’s new research and development centre is located. Photo: Xinhua
China energy security

China doubles down on hydrogen as war on Iran fuels global oil instability

Initiative to expand industrial hydrogen use and lower the renewable fuel’s price dovetails with Beijing’s energy security strategy amid oil crisis.

A worker checks hydrogen production equipment at an energy company in Changchun, northeast China’s Jilin province, on August 12, 2024. Photo: Xinhua
China energy security

China vows to stabilise oil and gas output in new 5-year plan amid global risks

Amid Mideast instability and US$100 oil, China is mapping out strategic production bases, underpinning long-term energy security.

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China economy

Opinion | China’s energy transition proves a boon in the Iran crisis

China is expected to face no significant disruption but as the ‘two sessions’ open in Beijing, energy security is staying a top focus.

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