Stefania’s review was first published in Italian in La Città Futura and has been translated into English by the author. China is Building an Ecological Civilisation Carlos Martinez’s book provides us with a wide-ranging overview of 21st century China, but in this article, I am going to focus exclusively on the chapter entitled “China is Building an Ecological Civilisation. Source ..read more

The biggest international trading venture in world history is 10 years old. But there’s an extraordinary tale behind the Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI. And that’s the story of the exceptional Chinese Diaspora experience, which laid the foundations for the infrastructure project’s success. This Chinese macro-migration endeavor, individual by individual, long predates the remarkable BRI, which is... Source ..read more

The water-saving and drought-resistant rice developed by the Shanghai Agrobiological Gene Center has passed various approvals in several African countries, such as Uganda in the second half of last year, according to a researcher at the center. Kenya and other African countries are part of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat for the conservation... Source ..read more

Are you interested in posting to the China Environment Net website ? Posts should deal with any of the following: 1. News about China’s efforts to protect it’s environment or the global environment; 2. Aspects of China’s environment policies and programs, including China’s Belt & Road Initiative and the BRICS group; 3. The scientific, economic, social, technological or economic context of those programs or actions; 4. International environmental, scientific or public health initiatives involving China’s experience in green development. To contribute an article to ..read more

Russia has suspended all seafood imports from Japan. The ban is due to food contamination fears after the release of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. The Russian government on Monday (16 October 2023) introduced a temporary ban on imports of seafood from Japan, after Tokyo released treated radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea. In August, China – Japan’s biggest importer of fish – barred imports of all seafood from the country, extending a previously introduced measure prohibiting seafood purchases from ten Japanese prefectures ..read more

China powers up Bangladesh BRI wind power project China Economic Net reports that the first centralized wind power project in Bangladesh, the Cox’s Bazar wind power project, is connected to the grid and started power generation on Thursday, according to its operator China’s State Power Investment Corp. This was the first China-constructed new-energy project in Bangladesh. The project will provide Bangladesh with about 145 million kilowatt hours of clean electricity per year, reduce coal consumption by 44,600 tons and carbon dioxide emissions by 109,200 tons, while meeting the electricity ..read more

China recently released a white paper titled “The Belt and Road Initiative: A Key Pillar of the Global Community of Shared Future.”The white paper, comprised of preamble, five chapters and a conclusion, presents the achievements of the BRI over the last 10 years, aiming to provide the international community with a better understanding of the value of the initiative, facilitate high-quality cooperation, and deliver benefits to more countries and peoples. Since its launch in 2013, the Belt and Road Initiative has been welcomed by the international community as both a public good and a cooperati ..read more

Great Transformations in World History. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This grand initiative, proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, has contributed to a fairer world financial and economic order. The shift from a dollar-dominated world financial system to a multipolar trade system in local currencies is manifesting a new drive for international economic reform. It profoundly represents the interests of the developing countries in Asia, Africa, and South America. The New Development Bank, under the leadership of Dilma Rousseff, for exampl ..read more

On September 21st, 2023 Syrian President Bashar al Assad visited Beijing on the direct invitation of President Xi Jinping and was accompanied by a large economic delegation where the discussion of Syrian re-construction and integration into the Belt and Road initiative was high on the agenda. Syria joined the China-proposed BRI on 11 July 2022, a move widely seen as helping the Middle Eastern nation create new opportunities for cooperation with China and other countries, to help rebuild amid wars, Western sanctions, and the Covid pandemic. At the time of Syria joining the BRI, Zhou Rong, a sen ..read more

Decade of Global Infrastructure Ambitions and Russian-Chinese Relations. As Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative enters its 10th year, a strong Sino-Russian geostrategic partnership has revitalized the BRI across the Global South. China is set to host its third Belt and Road Forum, a significant event in President Xi Jinping’s diplomatic agenda. This forum, scheduled for October 17-18 in Beijing, commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a project that has gained both admiration and skepticism worldwide. Notably, President Vladimir Putin of Russia is expect ..read more