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News on Energy & Resources in China

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Wind in its sails

Cleantech giant Envision now powers 200 GW of renewables around the world
Oct 15, 2021 (WiC 559)

Covid-19 has made international travel much more complicated. Crossing borders is still a struggle. There are a jumble of pandemic-based rules and restrictions – many of which seem to change on a regular basis. But Zhang Lei, the founder of ...

China tests innovations in nuclear power generation
Oct 15, 2021 (WiC 559)

In 1970, China’s then prime minister Zhou Enlai kicked off the country’s civilian nuclear energy programme by announcing that, “nuclear power shouldn’t only be used for weapons. It should also serve China’s economic ...

A death at Shanghai Electric signals huge scandal
Aug 20, 2021 (WiC 552)

In Chinese folklore the celestial ‘being’ responsible for administering justice to the immoral and corrupt is Leishen, the god of thunder. However, the story goes that Leishen wasn’t much good at his job in the early days, often ...

The future of fission

Could molten salt reactors soon be added to China’s nuclear network?
Jul 30, 2021 (WiC 551)

In recent years Sino-US superpower rivalry has centred on sectors like chipmaking. China wants to achieve self-sufficiency in semiconductor manufacturing. The US aims to prevent China getting the advanced technology needed to do so. But now the ...

A powerful statement

New mega dam project is second to Three Gorges in energy generation
Jul 16, 2021 (WiC 549)

With turbines that are the hardest, the deepest and the world’s most powerful, China’s new Baihetan Dam on the Yunnan-Sichuan border does a fine line in generating superlatives, as well as electricity. Entering into initial service at the ...

Can China tame global commodity prices?
Jun 25, 2021 (WiC 546)

Perhaps it is perplexing that a country so determined on fighting speculators was reported to have at least 63 futures markets housed on its commodity exchanges as of February this year. Participants can punt on a wide range of prices, including ...

A flailing iron fist?

To Beijing’s fury, Aussie iron ore exports thrive
May 28, 2021 (WiC 542)

It is just over a year since the Australian government called for an independent investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, triggering a furious response from its counterpart in Beijing. Soon afterwards a series of tariffs, ...

Offshore entity

Wind power firm’s IPO surges in Shanghai debut
May 28, 2021 (WiC 542)

Protecting five islands from erosion by the sea was a challenge for the Jade Emperor in ancient times, according to Chinese mythology. The emperor called in Yuqiang, the god of sea breezes for advice. Yuqiang summoned 15 giant turtles and ...

Chemical reaction

A megamerger in China sees the new firm dwarf Dow, DuPont and BASF
May 21, 2021 (WiC 541)

Before media firms began compiling China rich lists and billionaire rankings, the wealthiest Chinese man was probably Wang Yung-ching from Taiwan. Wang founded Formosa Plastics in 1954. Long before plastics earned its reputation as one of the ...

Raising the bar

Chinese investors help rebound in gold prices
May 7, 2021 (WiC 539)

Global investors have been selling their gold but consumers in China are buying more of it again. That was the story of the precious metal in the first quarter of this year, with demand from China offsetting some of the downward pressure on the ...

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