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November 06, 2023 via ccci.berkeley.edu The California-China Climate Institute is celebrating the Newsom Administration’s successful trip to China, which we helped to plan and support. The trip focused on delivering real climate action and creating opportunities for future collaboration and cooperation. “The U.S. and China have many differences, but we share a common threat that can only be […]
by Cyril Ip at scmp.com A former Chinese envoy to the United States urged US coffee chain Starbucks to promote exchanges between the two countries, saying the company could “play a positive role in advancing [bilateral ties]”. Cui Tiankai, Beijing’s longest-serving ambassador to Washington, made the call in a meeting with former Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz at […]
by Phoebe Zhang at scmp.com China’s first counterterrorism commissioner, Liu Yuejin, has been placed under investigation on suspicion of corruption as part of an ongoing drive targeting the security sector. Liu, 65, who also served as assistant minister of public security, is suspected of “serious violations of party discipline and law” – the usual euphemism […]
by Dannie Peng at scmp.com Hou Jianguo, head of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), was on a mission in the days after the Lunar New Year holiday, visiting research institutes in Beijing and Wuhan, as he urged them to take up the call from President Xi Jinping and speed up efforts to seize the […]
by William Zheng at scmp.com The legislature on Monday passed a revised law giving the Communist Party more control over the State Council, China’s cabinet – a move experts say marks an end to any separation of power between the party and state. On the final day of the annual legislative session in Beijing, lawmakers approved the amended […]
via scmp.com President Xi Jinping has called on the Chinese military to step up hi-tech integration of the armed forces, a drive that observers say will be vital to joint operations. At a meeting of military deputies to the top legislature on Thursday, Xi said the People’s Liberation Army should “comprehensively improve strategic capabilities in emerging areas”. He said […]
by Sylvia Ma at scmp.com Even as the rapidly rising strength and pace of China’s new-energy exports have provoked international scrutiny and a degree of green protectionism, President Xi Jinping has big ambitions to push the sector’s boundaries, seeing it as a hi-tech tonic to invigorate economic growth. During a study session of the 24-member […]
by Jack Lau at scmp.com In a remote village in the Himalayas, inside a border zone that has long been disputed by China and Bhutan, 18 new Chinese residents stood waiting to enter their newly built homes. Each carried a freshly framed portrait of China’s President Xi Jinping – large enough to leave only their heads and lower legs […]
by Ralph Evans at wattsupwiththat.com “… Donald Trump is an absolute master at getting people to believe extraordinary things. … President Xi Jinping has claimed the Chinese system is superior …” Is climate change too hard for democracy? We have all heard that 2023 was the warmest year ever for the world, by some margin. […]