China’s Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme Begins Operations, Imperfect Solution for a Worsening Problem
China’s ambitious carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) began activities on July 16, with 4.1 million tons of carbon dioxide quotas worth 210 million yuan (approx. $32 million) traded on the first day alone. The carbon...
US Increasing Surveillance of Chinese Submarines: PRC Think Tank
A Beijing think tank stated in a recently published report that the United States is escalating its surveillance of Chinese submarine activity in the South China Sea, in yet another example of rising tensions between...
China’s Disinformation Warfare Increasingly Sophisticated: Atlantic Council
A December 2020 report by the Atlantic Council, a U.S.-based think tank, warns that Beijing is using Russian tactics as part of its disinformation campaign against Western nations. Amidst rising scrutiny over human rights abuses...