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China may allow green bonds for clean coal in blow to climate fight

Chinese coal consumption rose for the second consecutive year in 2018, reversing a three-year fall from 2014 to 2016, fanning fears among climate scientists that the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases are not serious about cutting emissions. Photo: AFP

The move would put the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases at odds with the European Union on green financing standards.

China and California rise above US trade war for climate action

A potential tariff on LNG from the US will not only hurt exporters but also bring uncertainty to China’s plan to transition towards clean fuels. Photo: Reuters

Reciprocity key to success of China’s ‘One Belt’ plan: experts

Workers load goods at a port in Nantong in Jiangsu province. China’s ‘One Belt’ strategy calls for billions of dollars to be ploughed into new railways, ports, and energy projects in 65 countries. Photo: Reuters

What can China do to counter Trump’s move against climate change?

US President Donald Trump (centre) sits in the Oval Office at the White House after his inauguration on Friday. Photo: EPA
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Chinese smokestacks still billowing

Steel plants in Qianan have ramped up production on rising prices

Beijing issues year’s first red alert as ‘severe smog’ forecast

The severest smog so far this year will engulf Beijing and much of northern China from Friday evening until Wednesday night. Photo: AFP

China ‘must prepare for worst’ under Trump

Tourists wear protective masks while going around Tiantan Park in Beijing. The active Sino-US cooperation on climate under Barack Obama will end with Trump, analysts say. Photo: EPA

Chinese pollution protesters held briefly by police

The sit-in protest over problems of smog in Chengdu lasted for 10 minutes before the demonstrators were taken away by police on Sunday night. Photo: Twitter@paleylin
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China’s blue-sky fixes make pollution worse, study finds

A combination photo take over nine consecutive days during the National People's Congress in March, 2013. Photo: Reuters
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China tumbles in global education ranking after more cities added

A file picture of pupils attending a high school in Shanghai in 2011. Photo: AFP

Xi to be ‘first Chinese president to attend Davos summit’

China’s President Xi Jinping might attend the gathering in Switzerland in January, according to the Financial Times. Photo: Reuters

China is world’s worst polluting nation, officials admit

Smoke rises from a power plant near Hengshui in Hebei province, which Chinese officials admits is one of the most polluted places on the planet. Photo: AFP
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China’s new green strategy up and running, but doubts persist

Pollution permit system is officially launched, although authorities admit it still faces challenges

Warning over hyping China as climate leader

Masks protecting against pollution are a common sight in China, the world’s largest carbon emitter. Photo: China News Service

China’s eco-warriors make last stand against Poyang Lake dam

Poyang Lake’s wetlands provide a unique habitat for endangered birds. Photo: Xinhua

Chinese driver’s GPS leaves him stranded in muddy ditch

The stranded driver uses a conventional road map after his phone’s GPS route left his car stuck in a muddy ditch. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chinese villager finds ‘cultural seal’ ... that turns out to be rare spider first recorded 1,000 years ago

The rare spiders have attracted high prices when sold online in China. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Flights cancelled as snow hits Beijing, with forecasts warning winter’s chill ‘coldest in 30 years’

The snow started to fall over Beijing on Sunday night after a day of drizzle. Photo: SCMP Pictures
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China’s anti-graft watchdog publicly shames and demotes Chinese railway official who sent 2,300 bawdy texts to woman

Huang Gang (left), the China Railway Corporation official whose affair and demotion were revealed in a government announcement. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Chinese nurse killed as she is hit by truck after stopping to help people injured in road accident

The nurse, Wang Lijun, 23, who died on Tuesday when she was struck by a truck as she helped people injured in an earlier road accident. Photo: SCMP Pictures

US-born giant panda twins struggle with the local food and language after arriving in China

One of the young pandas brought back to China. Photo: Sina.com.cn

Will China take the lead if Trump pulls out of climate change treaty?

President -elect Donald Trump has voiced scepticism about the need to tackle climate change. Photo: AP

China’s polluted capital may be scaling back its smog clean-up

The Forbidden City is shrouded in the heavy air pollution in Beijing in early November. Photo: AFP

Death of China’s first female J-10 fighter pilot Yu Xu sparks call for more training

J-10 fighter pilot Yu Xu died in an accident during a routine training flight on Saturday. Photo: Xinhua

With election of Trump, ‘curtain has fallen’ over Sino-US cooperation over climate

An environmental activist holds up a placard in Cleveland, Ohio, near the Republican National Convention site on July 18. Photo: AFP
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Why does China’s choking smog persist despite Beijing’s clean-up efforts?

Beijing’s air quality index reading hit 220 at noon on Wednesday – far above the heathy level of 25 for daily exposure stipulated by the World Health Organisation. Photo: AFP

Will China beat its 2030 deadline to stop carbon emissions growth? Mainland researchers think so

A file picture of pollution produced by a coal-fuelled power station in Zhengzhou. Use of coal has fallen as China’s economy slows. Photo: Reuters

Call for tougher dioxin limits after carcinogen found in hairy crabs exported to Hong Kong

Crabs for sale in Happy Valley in Hong Kong. Photo: David Wong

UpdateChina’s spy chief set to step down to take on senior role on Hong Kong and Taiwan affairs advisory panel

Geng Huichang has been Minister of State Security since 2007. Photo: SCMP Pictures.

Communist Party expels two former senior military officials over alleged graft

Former deputy commander of the People’s Armed Police Niu Zhizhong. Photo: SCMP Pictures.
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