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The Indian government has raised concerns following the news late last year that China has approved a large new hydropower dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet. The Indian Foreign Ministry complained late last week that downstream countries’ use of the water would be affected by the ...

Photo Essay: How Nickel Smelting Threatens Indigenous Tribe’s Ancestral Home in Indonesia

The deafening roar of bulldozers ripped through the tranquil forest, scattering birds and shattering the harmony that had defined the O Hongana Manyawa’s home for generations. In November 2023, a viral video captured two men from this nomadic tribe standing ...

Beijing on the Cyprus Problem: One China, One Cyprus?

By Leonardo Bruni and Ahmet Faruk Işık In recent years, the Chinese Ambassador to Cyprus has repeatedly suggested that China’s Global Security Initiative could be applied to help resolve the long-standing “Cyprus Problem.” This frozen conflict is rooted in the interethnic ...

How Chinese EV Tech is Revolutionizing Mobility in Kenya

Chinese car brands are steadily making their way into the African market, but it’s still early in the process, so it will take several years, at least,  for these companies to build a sizable customer base.  Meanwhile, these brands' advancements in electric vehicle (EV) technology are ...

U.S., China Development Finance Competition in Africa

As geopolitical tensions grow around issues like critical minerals and debt, Chinese discourse about development is increasingly becoming more geopolitical. A recent article by Wang Miao, an assistant professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, shows how China and the United States’s engagement with Africa is contrasted in ...

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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 ...