An analysis by a non-profit research group drawing on calculations by an Italian analyst looking into the carbon footprint of made-in-China solar panels claims that the influential United Nations body on climate change has been drastically underestimating the carbon intensity of Chinese-made photovoltaic cells. Environmental Progress, a non-profit co-founded by investigative journalist Michael Shellenberger, in…
‘Dirty Secret’: Made-In-China Solar Panels Produce 3 Times More Carbon Emissions Than UN Claims: Study
July 24, 2023
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Beijing Hits Back at CIA Chief’s Remark on Rebuilding Spy Network in China
The CIA is working to rebuild its network of spies in China after Beijing caught and killed many of its agents a decade ago. As China vows countermeasures, will the agency pull it off this time? Streets lie vacant and sirens sound across northern Taiwan. A half-hour evacuation drill aims to prepare residents for natural…
After Prison for Genetically Editing Babies, Controversial Chinese Scientist Wants to Continue Human Gene Editing Experiments
Four years ago, Chinese scientist He Jiankui stunned the global scientific community when he created at least three genetically modified babies by inserting genetically modified human embryos into human wombs, becoming the first known person to manipulate the human gene pool. Under international pressure, he was sentenced to three years in prison in China in…
Hong Kong Loses Super Entrepôt Role as Function Shifts to Mainland Ports After Longest Export Decline in 13 Consecutive Months
According to latest trade figures released by the Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) in May, Hong Kong’s exports have fallen for 13 consecutive months, the longest period of decline in history. Even though the border between China and Hong Kong resumed full opening at the beginning of 2023, throughput through Kwai Tsing Container…
At Least 11 Killed as China School Gym Roof Collapses During Girl’s Volleyball Team Training
At least 11 people were killed when the roof of a middle school gymnasium collapsed in northern China, authorities said. The incident occurred in the city of Qiqihar on July 23, and the last trapped student was pulled from the wreckage without vital signs on July 24, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The cause is…
Over 300,000 Chinese Officials Probed for Graft in 1st Half of 2023
The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top disciplinary watchdog announced on July 22 the results of its disciplinary and criminal investigations for the first half of this year, with the number of officials probed for corruption reaching the highest level over the past decade. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) published a short notice on…
Fraud Fears After 30 China-Linked Businesses Use Leicestershire Residents’ Addresses
Residents of a small English street have spoken of fraud fears after discovering their home addresses are being used by China-linked companies. The mysterious targeting of homeowners in the Netherley Road area of Hinckley in Leicestershire was reported to Action Fraud last week after Companies House contacted the residents. According to documents filed with the…
Three Lessons on Doing Business With China: Red Roulette Author Speaks at House Hearing
Desmond Shum, a former Chinese tycoon living in exile in the United Kingdom, recently traveled to Washington to appear before the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. Mr. Shum is the author of Red Roulette, a 2021 memoir that exposes the secretive power and money entanglements…
Kissinger Meets With Chinese Leader, Defense Minister in China
Former secretary of state Henry Kissinger met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Defense Minister Li Shangfu in Beijing last week amid heightened tensions between the United States and China. The 100-year-old Kissinger is revered in China for having engineered the opening of relations between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and Washington under former president…
Trump’s Trade Chief Lays Out Plan to Beat China at Its Own Game
July 24, 2023
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Former U.S. trade representative Ambassador Robert Lighthizer views the decades of U.S. trade deficit with China as a “wealth transfer.” In his recent interview with EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders” program, he outlined a playbook to beat China at its own game through strategic decoupling, very much the same thing China has been doing to the…
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