Are fuel shortages in China man-made? – Keith Bradsher
From the International Herald Tribune: Sudden shortages of gasoline and diesel fuel in southeastern China have highlighted an ongoing debate over how quickly corporate influence and freedom of...
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BP Report Says World Energy Use Rose 2.4% in 2006, China up 8.4% – Pablo Gorondi
China’s energy consumption has risen to 15% of total global energy consumption. China’s use of gas, coal, and nuclear energy rose in 2006, and Beijing is launching a new campaign to decrease wasteful...
View ArticleKazakhstan And China Sign Pipelines Deal – Isabel Gorst
From Financial Times: Kazakhstan and China have agreed to build pipelines to carry oil and gas from fields near the Caspian Sea, one of the world’s most promising new oil provinces, to China. “The...
View ArticleXinjiang Leads China in Oil, Gas Production for 1st Time in 2007 – Xinhua
From Xinhua: Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China has for the first time outstripped Heilongjiang Province, in the northeast, as China’s top natural gas and oil producer. Latest data...
View ArticleChina, Japan Fail Again To Resolve Gas Dispute
China and Japan failed again to reach an agreement over an undersea natural gas field, although Beijing and Tokyo said that they were trying to improve relations. From Reuters: About a dozen rounds of...
View ArticleChina: Welcome Gas Guzzlers
A sober commentary looking at China’s newfound love for oil guzzling SUVs and its consequences. Translated by CDT from the Beijing News. China, the second largest petroleum consumer behind only the...
View ArticleChina’s Cars, Accelerating Global Demand for Fuel
From The Washington Post: Nodding his head to the disco music blaring out of his car’s nine speakers, Zhang Linsen swings the shiny, black Hummer H2 out of his company’s gates and on to the spacious...
View ArticleJapan Says China’s Gas Drilling ‘Regrettable’
According to Japanese officials, China violated an agreement it had brokered with Japan in 2008 to jointly develop gas fields in the East China Sea. From Reuters: Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone...
View ArticleChina Is Said to Plan Strict Gas Mileage Rules
Following President Obama’s announcement for stricter gas mileage in the US, China is imposing even stricter requirements. From the New York Times: The new plan would require automakers in China to...
View ArticleWarmer Ties For Russia, China With Big Gas Deals
From AP: Russia and China are closing in on a mammoth energy deal which could insure that Beijing has the fuel to run its factories and cities and Moscow has a vast new market for its natural gas...
View ArticleChina and Russia Circling Around Trillion-Dollar Gas Deal
Hu Jintao’s visit to Moscow this week saw a push to conclude a gas deal between the world’s largest energy producer and its largest consumer. The 30 year deal, potentially worth a trillion dollars,...
View ArticleChina Urged to Halt Myanmar Dams
Burmese dissident groups have appealed to China to stop work on a number of dam projects which have been fuelling conflict in the north of the country. From The Wall Street Journal: Dissidents had been...
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Hexie Farm (蟹农场): The Nationalists Go Quack Quack
For the latest instalment in his CDT series, cartoonist Crazy Crab of Hexie Farm shows a flock of ducks mounting an anti-sushi protest outside the famous Quanjude Peking roast duck restaurant. They...
View ArticleJ.Lo Turkmenistan Gig Shines Light on Chinese Oil Firm
A performance by Jennifer Lopez for Turkmenistan’s leader Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow has provoked accusations that the singer helped to paper over human rights abuses. But with the concert organized in...
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