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'Winning the race': How China plans to meet its 2030 renewables target by the end of this month (abc.net.au)

China accounts for about a third of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. A recent drop in emissions (the first since relaxing COVID-19 restrictions), combined with the decarbonisation of the power grid, may mean the country's emissions have peaked.

"With the power sector going green, emissions are set to plateau and then progressively fall towards 2030 and beyond," CEF China energy policy analyst Xuyang Dong said.

This is encouraging and motivational. China appears to be doing a great job here, which is good for all of us. And we need to do better.

tags: environment china

posted by matt in Sunday, July 21, 2024

DC zoo to receive a new pair of giant pandas from China (bbc.com)

Pandas have been housed at the Washington DC zoo for over five decades and are a draw for millions of visitors as well as fans from around the world who watch the bears online on the zoo’s panda cam. The animals have long symbolised warm relations with China, which first gifted a pair of giant pandas to the US after Richard Nixon’s historic 1972 trip to Beijing.

It's nice to see that panda diplomacy is alive and well.

tags: china politics

posted by matt in Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Singer detained for dropping shorts on stage at festival in China's 'City of Rock' | CNN (cnn.com)

Detained for dropping your pants on stage at a rock festival? China clearly doesn't get rock and roll.

tags: china music rockandroll

posted by matt in Saturday, July 29, 2023

This little-known Air Force jet just became the most-watched aircraft in history (taskandpurpose.com)

The world held its collective breath today as Nancy Pelosi left Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It still wasn't clear if she was going to make her planned stop in Taiwan as she entered the air, so people around the world turned to flight tracking apps like Flightradar24 to watch as SPAR19 headed around the South China Sea and eventually turned North, heading around the Philippines and right for Taiwan.

I use Flightradar24 all the time, but couldn't get data to load this morning as so many people around the world watched our Speaker head East (and North) for democracy.

tags: china taiwan politics

posted by matt in Tuesday, August 2, 2022

'There's No Why': Shanghai Rages At Endless Covid Lockdown (barrons.com)

"You can't do whatever you want, unless you go to America. This is China."

Apparently "whatever you want" now includes basic freedom of movement and ordering of personal supplies and food. China's pursuit of COVID Zero is insane.

tags: china covid

posted by matt in Monday, May 9, 2022

How Covid-scarred Shanghai will finally exit lockdown (bbc.com)

Can the Chinese government stretch its ridiculous COVID Zero policy to October? The sound of people banging on pots and pans in protest of true lockdowns doesn't bode well for that prospect.

tags: covid china

posted by matt in Thursday, May 5, 2022

A major Chinese bitcoin mining hub is shutting down its cryptocurrency operations (cnbc.com)

A real impact from the Bitcoin energy narrative - a region in China scheduled shut down of existing mining operations and won't allow new ones because it's in trouble with Beijing over energy consumption.

tags: bitcoin china

posted by matt in Tuesday, March 2, 2021