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Locustland
by John Kennedy
Locustland
by John Kennedy
China burning as much coal as rest of world combined
Figures released by the US government show how quickly China's coal consumption rates have risen over the past decade.
China burned through 325 million more tonnes of coal in 2011 than in 2010, according to the US Energy Information Administration, and consumption of the fossil fuel has grown an average of 9 per cent since 2000.
The Washington Post has parsed those and other numbers in a post here, where it includes a US government graph that shows China's coal consumption is set to surpass that of the rest of the world combined very soon.
At All Roads Lead to China, Richard Brubaker recently brought up the broader reason why Beijing's air pollution problem is unlikely to improve any time soon:
To put a few numbers to the above, when I went to Copenhagen in 2009 to participate in a pre-COP15 conference it was rumored that China would surpass the US as the 1 carbon emitter. In the 5 years since that conference, China has almost doubled their carbon emissions.
Russia Beyond The Headlines
-- Revising the concept of Eurasia The future will see increased Chinese influence in those regions rich in resources that China’s economy needs: in the Middle East, Central Asia, strategically important transit routes from the Gulf of Aden to Malacca Strait and, later, the Northern Sea Route via the Arctic.
-- Revising the concept of Eurasia The future will see increased Chinese influence in those regions rich in resources that China’s economy needs: in the Middle East, Central Asia, strategically important transit routes from the Gulf of Aden to Malacca Strait and, later, the Northern Sea Route via the Arctic.
Washington Post
-- China now burning as much coal as the rest of the world combined Coal, of course, is the world’s premier fossil fuel, a low-cost source of electricity that kicks a lot of carbon-dioxide up into the atmosphere. And China’s growing appetite is a big reason why global greenhouse-gas emissions have soared in recent years, even as the United States and Europe have managed to curtail their coal use and cut their carbon pollution.
-- China now burning as much coal as the rest of the world combined Coal, of course, is the world’s premier fossil fuel, a low-cost source of electricity that kicks a lot of carbon-dioxide up into the atmosphere. And China’s growing appetite is a big reason why global greenhouse-gas emissions have soared in recent years, even as the United States and Europe have managed to curtail their coal use and cut their carbon pollution.
Xinhua
-- China reiterates support for African integration "As Africa's good friend and partner, China will continue to support Africa's integration process and concerted efforts for common development, implement the outcomes of the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and advance the new type of Sino-African strategic partnership," Hong said.
-- China reiterates support for African integration "As Africa's good friend and partner, China will continue to support Africa's integration process and concerted efforts for common development, implement the outcomes of the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation and advance the new type of Sino-African strategic partnership," Hong said.
All Roads Lead to China
-- Why Beijing’s Smog Will Only Grow Worse (For Now) It will grow worse because when China looks to double its economy it going to require roughly 350% more energy.
-- Why Beijing’s Smog Will Only Grow Worse (For Now) It will grow worse because when China looks to double its economy it going to require roughly 350% more energy.
China Bystander
-- Averting China’s Local Government Defaults There is one intended and one unintended consequence of all this. Banks have all but stopped extending new loans to local governments. Some authorities have turned to the nascent municipal bond market to raise new debt.
-- Averting China’s Local Government Defaults There is one intended and one unintended consequence of all this. Banks have all but stopped extending new loans to local governments. Some authorities have turned to the nascent municipal bond market to raise new debt.
China Digital Times
-- Supporters Fight Execution of Domestic Violence Survivor Human rights researcher Joshua Rosenzweig translated an article by lawyer Zhang Peihong in which he argued that there are sufficient legal grounds to reconsider Li’s punishment.
-- Supporters Fight Execution of Domestic Violence Survivor Human rights researcher Joshua Rosenzweig translated an article by lawyer Zhang Peihong in which he argued that there are sufficient legal grounds to reconsider Li’s punishment.
Fei Chang Dao
-- Sina Weibo Censorship Fail: Zhu Ruifeng Questioned by Chongqing Police This is not the first time we have seen this kind of "fail" - we saw something similar during the Southern Weekend New Year's Greeting controversy earlier this month...
-- Sina Weibo Censorship Fail: Zhu Ruifeng Questioned by Chongqing Police This is not the first time we have seen this kind of "fail" - we saw something similar during the Southern Weekend New Year's Greeting controversy earlier this month...
Hollywood Reporter
-- Chinese Sitcom Modeled After 'Friends' to Launch Online "Planet Homebuddies" follows the cosmopolitan travails of six friends living together in a Shanghai loft, and will debut on leading Chinese VOD sites Youku, iQiyi and SINA next month.
-- Chinese Sitcom Modeled After 'Friends' to Launch Online "Planet Homebuddies" follows the cosmopolitan travails of six friends living together in a Shanghai loft, and will debut on leading Chinese VOD sites Youku, iQiyi and SINA next month.
New York Times
-- Re-education Revisited Regardless of which route is chosen, any improvements on paper might be quickly reversed in practice if not accompanied by more comprehensive legal reforms. After China abolished the crime of “counterrevolution” in 1997, in what was then hailed as a major advance, the only real change proved to be that political offenders were sentenced under “state security” crimes instead.
-- Chinese Courts Turn a Blind Eye to Abuse “He stubbed out cigarettes on her face and legs. He would take her hair and hit her head against the wall. He locked her on the balcony for hours in the winter,” said Mr. Li, speaking by telephone from Chongqing in southwestern China. The abuse went on for more than a year.
-- Re-education Revisited Regardless of which route is chosen, any improvements on paper might be quickly reversed in practice if not accompanied by more comprehensive legal reforms. After China abolished the crime of “counterrevolution” in 1997, in what was then hailed as a major advance, the only real change proved to be that political offenders were sentenced under “state security” crimes instead.
-- Chinese Courts Turn a Blind Eye to Abuse “He stubbed out cigarettes on her face and legs. He would take her hair and hit her head against the wall. He locked her on the balcony for hours in the winter,” said Mr. Li, speaking by telephone from Chongqing in southwestern China. The abuse went on for more than a year.
Tea Leaf Nation
-- Chinese Web Erupts With Widespread Calls for Change as Beijing Endures Airpocalypse 2.0 Television host Zhang Quanling (@张泉灵), also in the top ten, went for humor. “I really don’t understand people who smoke outdoors. They really don’t know how to be thrifty! Right now in Beijing, you can smoke for free anywhere you go by taking two breaths of air,” she wrote.
-- Chinese Web Erupts With Widespread Calls for Change as Beijing Endures Airpocalypse 2.0 Television host Zhang Quanling (@张泉灵), also in the top ten, went for humor. “I really don’t understand people who smoke outdoors. They really don’t know how to be thrifty! Right now in Beijing, you can smoke for free anywhere you go by taking two breaths of air,” she wrote.
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