Slowing and reversing climate change and emissions requires trillions of dollars of financing.China, which plays such a pivotal role in the global economy, is already moving to fund the climate transition through a variety of innovative financing mechanisms. Read more…
Ranked first, China is expected to have slightly more than 1 billion consumers by 2030, a 15% increase from 2024. Just across the Himalayas, at second place, India will have 773 million consumers, up from 529 million today, a staggering…
In 2021, China’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reached ¥114 trillion ($18 trillion in USD), according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The country’s economy outperformed government targets of 6% growth, with the overall economy growing by 8.1%. Let’s take a…
A Frenchman is credited with being the first to discover the photovoltaic effect that produces electricity from sunlight. The first solar panel was built in the US. But when Abu Dhabi decided to build the world’s largest individual solar power…
It’s time to sit up and take notice of China – if you haven’t already. After all, this is the year that it will overtake the US to become the world’s biggest retail market. Read more in insider trends What’s…
The Chinese government has outlined its plans to unite what it calls the Greater Bay Area into a giant megalopolis, and transform it into a high-tech centre that could rival California’s Silicon Valley and Japan’s Tokyo Bay. Read more in…
The new sustainable forest city, designed by Stefano Boeri Architects, will host 40,000 trees and nearly 1 million plants in an effort to combat China’s air pollution. Read more in the Culture Trip World’s First Forest City Is Officially Coming…
China is reviving the historic Silk Road trade route that runs between its own borders and EuropeIt is not an economic project, it is a geopolitical project — and it is very strategic read more in weforum Why is China…
As sea levels rise, Shanghai is sinking—and at least one study ranks it as the most vulnerable city in the world for future floods.Greater Shanghai alone has over 24 million people, and will ultimately be devastated by rising sea learn…
Two years after the Chinese government launched a $277 billion plan to fight smog, despite some small steps of progress, air pollution is still so bad that the mayor of Beijing recently called the city unlivable. learn more in fastcoexist…
