Chinese landscape architecture studio Turenscape has transformed a concrete sea wall on an abandoned fish farm into a public space in Haikou City, Hainan. Named A Breathing Sea Wall, the project aims to help alleviate the local threat of rising sea levels while providing locals with useable outdoor space. Turenscape has completed A Breathing Sea […]
Aerial photograph shows electric cars for export stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port in Suzhou, in China’s eastern Jiangsu Province. The EU and China have reportedly agreed to start talks on the planned imposition of tariffs on Chinese-made EVs. Str | Afp | Getty Images China’s commerce ministry said it “does not […]
BEIJING, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 25 major currencies announced on Wednesday by the China Foreign Exchange Trade System: Currency Unit Central parity rate in yuan U.S. dollar 100 713.90 Euro 100 772.48 Japanese yen 100 4.6588 Hong Kong dollar […]
China hat eine neue Crew zu seiner Weltraumstation «Tiangong» (Himmelspalast) geschickt. Eine 60 Meter lange und 40 Tonnen schwere Rakete vom Typ «Langer Marsch 2F» brachte das dreiköpfige Team der Mission «Shenzhou 19» (magisches Schiff) vom Weltraumbahnhof Jiuquan in der nordwestlich gelegenen Wüste Gobi ins All. Kurze Zeit später bestätigte die Missionsleitung einen erfolgreichen Start. […]
China’s next human spaceflight mission is on its way into orbit. A Long March 2F rocket topped with the Shenzhou 19 crew spacecraft lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center today (Oct. 19) at 4:27 p.m. EDT (2027 GMT; 4:27 a.m. Oct. 30 Beijing time), rising into a night sky above the spaceport. Aboard […]
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s China Brief. The highlights this week: Chinese authorities ease a ban on private tutoring amid a broader tech regulatory pullback, Chinese migration into the United States through the Darién Gap slows down, and Chinese authorities crack down on Halloween in big cities. Sign up to receive China Brief in your inbox every Tuesday. […]
Visualized: Countries by Grid Storage Battery Capacity in 2023 According to the International Energy Agency, 1300 GW of battery storage will be needed by 2030 to support the renewable energy capacity required to meet the 1.5°C global warming target. But how close is the world to reaching that target? The Energy Institute’s annual Statistical Review […]
JIUQUAN, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) — Chinese astronauts Cai Xuzhe, Song Lingdong and Wang Haoze will carry out the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceflight mission, and Cai will be the commander, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) announced at a press conference on Tuesday. Cai complet Source link
China is starting onn an ambitious plan to make its Tiangong space station better. They aim to increase the station’s operational capabilities. Tiangong, China’s orbital outpost, has been fully operational since November 2022, following the addition of the Mengtian science module. The space station, which features a three-module T-shape design, is currently functioning in low […]
Chinese car giant Geely will now face an extra duty of 18.8% in the EU. (AP pic) BRUSSELS: The EU today decided to slap hefty tariffs on Chinese-made electric cars after an anti-subsidy probe concluded Beijing’s support to local manufacturers was unfair. The extra taxes have been controversial, with strong opposition from Germany and Hungary […]