Day: March 1, 2023

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Qin Gang to Attend G20 Forum in New Delhi, First Chinese Foreign Minister Visit to India Since 2019

The Chinese government confirmed that Foreign Minister Qin Gang will attend a G20 forum in New Delhi on Thursday at the invitation of his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar. Qin will be the first Chinese foreign minister to visit India since his ...

India to Build Massive Hydropower Plant Near Contested Border With China

The Indian government will build a $3.9 billion hydroelectric power plant in Arunachal Pradesh, very close to the country's disputed border with China known as the Line of Actual Control. Environmentalists are condemning the $3.9 billion project saying the new 2,880-megawatt ...

China Denies Ethiopian Media Report It’s Providing Addis Ababa With “Alternative Means” of Debt Relief

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs flatly denied a report published in the English-language Ethiopian news site The Reporter that "China agreed to restructure Ethiopia’s debt through alternative means." Ethiopia is the second-largest recipient of Chinese loans in Africa, behind Angola, ...

China’s “Malign Influence” in Global South Emerges as Key Theme in U.S. House Hearings

The new Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives convened a pair of hearings on China Tuesday that laid out a lengthy list of concerns and grievances about Beijing's "malign influence" around the world. The inaugural hearing of the Select ...

Chinese Sci-Fi Blockbuster Wandering Earth 2 to Open in Southern Africa

The Chinese movie hit "Wandering Earth 2" will open next week in four southern African countries beginning with South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe on March 10th, followed by Zambia the week after. The science fiction blockbuster has already taken in $566 million ...

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China-Led Study Proposes Global Energy Network

A globally connected network of solar and wind energy could provide three times the global energy demand by 2050 at a lower cost than independent national power systems. This is the finding of a study led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences in collaboration with researchers from the United States and Denmark.

The study focused on how areas with high solar and wind capacity (such as deserts) can be linked to ...