SECTOR BRIEF

Shanghai Expo to be clean, green

This will be a green, clean Expo. New technologies are being used to make sure this is so. >>more...

NEWS BRIEF

China Sunergy to buy 2 module manufacturers

Nanjing-based solar cell manufacturer China Sunergy (CSUN.NASDAQ) said it plans to buy two Chinese solar module manufacturers for a combined price of US$47 million, Reuters reported. The company >>more...

NEWS BRIEF

CNOOC takes $3.1b stake in Bridas

China's largest offshore oil producer China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) (0883.HK) announced Sunday it will pay US$3.1 billion to create a joint venture with Bridas Energy, a major Argentine >>more...

NEWS BRIEF

Official: China's environment still deteriorating

Zhang Lijun, China’s vice minister of environmental protection, said Wednesday that overall the country’s environment is still deteriorating, with improvements only seen in certain areas, >>more...

SECTOR BRIEF

Energy-saving ecological business park

In Shanghai, Pujiang Intelligence Valley is an energy-saving and ecological business park, being a green office garden constructed with the ideology of energy-efficient ecology. >>more...

NEWS BRIEF

China approves Copenhagen accord

China has finally added its name to the Copenhagen agreement on voluntary limits on greenhouse gas emissions, AP reported. Su Wei, China's top climate change negotiator, gave permission to add China >>more...

SECTOR BRIEF

Efficient air conditioning

The new national compulsory air conditioner energy efficiency standard was announced on March 3, 2010. >>more...

NEWS BRIEF

China energy plans to focus on renewable sources

China will put greater emphasis on adjusting its energy structure this year with a focus on renewable energy and nuclear power, state media reported. Zhang Guobao, director of the National Energy >>more...

SECTOR BRIEF

Air-quality safeguards during Expo

Shanghai is ready to take immediate action if there is air pollution during Expo 2010. >>more...

NEWS BRIEF

KPC chief expects China refinery approval this year

The chief executive of Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) said that the company expected approval for a US$9 billion refinery project in China by the end of the year, Reuters reported. Saad Al-Shuwaib made >>more...

HOUSE EDITORIAL

Denmark disappoints

Major nations have a duty to ensure that progress on climate change isn't wasted >>more...

COLUMN

Liquid gold

Chinese firms are well positioned to become world leaders in coal-to-liquids technology, says Silver Rock's Robert Abbanat >>more...

HOUSE EDITORIAL

Copenhagen: Not far enough

The biggest success of the Copenhagen negotiations seems to be that the talks will be seen as a disappointment rather than a complete farce.
Given this, it is unsurprising that leaders from Beijing >>more...

HOUSE EDITORIAL

The hard bigotry of too-high expectations

China won't let the US force it into being a responsible superpower while it's still playing catch-up >>more...

HOUSE EDITORIAL

Fingers crossed as Copenhagen talks start

China comes closer to emissions target but developing nations still want more from the West >>more...

HOUSE EDITORIAL

JV: Siemens’s key to China’s wind power market

A joint venture with a local wind turbine company could spell success for Siemens's green products in China >>more...

BLOG

Environmental one-upmanship

China responded to US climate change commitments with some of its own. It is a positive step ahead of the Copenhagen summit, but it doesn't guarantee a meaningful agreement >>more...

COLUMN

How does China's climate change offer add up?

MALCOLM MOORE: China's pledge to cut "carbon intensity" by 45% is nothing more than business-as-usual >>more...

EDITORS' JOURNAL

Upping the ante

Our briefing this morning looked at the efforts China and other nations are making on climate change ahead of next month's Copenhagen summit. At issue was Beijing's trenchant stance on emissions - >>more...

BLOG

The countdown to Copenhagen

China restates its - unchanged - position on climate change, but is Beijing in danger of losing what has become a very political game? >>more...