Daily Archives: January 2, 2022

2022-01-02: News Headlines

China Dialogue (2022-01-02). China's Year in Climate Action: Challenges for World's Leader in Renewable Energy. juancole.com By Ma Tianjie | — ( China Dialogue) — It's been a dizzying period for watchers of China's climate and environmental scene. President Xi Jinping's carbon neutrality pledge at the United Nations in September 2020 set in motion a massive build-up of national policy, legislation and regulation on decarbonisation, with unprecedented speed. Barely two months …

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). China's west-east gas transmission project contributes to low-carbon development. ecns.cn China's west-to-east gas transmission project has boosted natural gas supply across the country and facilitated the low-carbon transformation of the country's energy consumption structure, data has shown.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). New Year wishes of Int'l students in China. ecns.cn Bidding farewell to year 2021, we set off for a hopeful 2022. Looking ahead, what is your New Year wish? We have interviewed some international students in China. Let's listen to what they say?

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). Cargo throughput of central China airport tops 700,000 tonnes. ecns.cn Xinzheng International Airport in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, saw its annual cargo throughput exceed 700,000 tonnes for the first time at the turn of the year.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). China's Hainan sees soaring duty-free sales in 2021. ecns.cn Offshore duty-free sales in south China's island province of Hainan reached 60.2 billion yuan (about 9.4 billion U.S. dollars) in 2021, an increase of 84 percent year on year, said the provincial department of commerce.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). China's box office tops 47.26 billion yuan in 2021. ecns.cn China's box office revenue exceeded 47 billion yuan (about 7.37 billion U.S. dollars) in 2021, continuing to lead the global box-office market, the China Film Administration said Saturday.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). China releases new Mars images on New Year's Day. ecns.cn China released on the first day of 2022 a group of new Mars images taken by the Tianwen-1 probe.

teleSUR, JCM (2022-01-02). Caen contagios de Covid-19 en la ciudad china de Xi'an. telesurtv.net La metrópoli de 13 millones de habitantes está bajo confinamiento tras un repunte de casos de coronavirus.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). Chinese astronauts talk with Beijing, HK and Macao youths from space. ecns.cn China's Shenzhou-13 astronauts, or taikonauts currently in the country's space station, had a video call with youths in Beijing and Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions on Saturday afternoon.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). New land-sea cargo route connects China, Germany. ecns.cn New land-sea cargo delivery services were launched on Saturday between Xi'an, the capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, and Mannheim in Germany.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). China's mega hydropower station generates 38.9 bln kWh of electricity in 2021. ecns.cn China's large-scale Wudongde hydropower station has generated 38.91 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity as of Dec. 30, 2021, reaching its designed annual capacity, according to its operator.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). China allocates 500 mln yuan to Shaanxi for epidemic control. ecns.cn China's Ministry of Finance has allocated 500 million yuan (about 78.42 million U.S. dollars) to northwest China's Shaanxi Province to support the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). HKSAR's seventh-term LegCo begins four-year term on Jan. 1. ecns.cn The seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) began its four-year term of office on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). China reopens its embassy in Nicaragua. ecns.cn China on Friday officially reopened its embassy in Nicaragua after the two countries resumed diplomatic relations on Dec. 10.

Staff (2022-01-02). 2021: Milestones in space tech & exploration. rt.com Russia added new modules to the ISS, NASA and China competed to explore Mars, and powerful anti-satellite weaponry was tested in orbit | By any measure, 2021 was a busy year in space exploration and technologies, with global superpowers and the mega-rich duking it out for mastery of the cosmos. Here are some of the highlights from the year. | ISS gets new modules and hosts space movie: | Nauka, aka the Russian Multipurpose Laboratory Module, docked with the International Space Station (ISS) in July, after 14 years of delays and setbacks. The long-awaited launch was followed by some drama, after an acci…

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). China eyes closer friendship, cooperation with Nicaragua: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China looks forward to closer friendship and cooperation with Nicaragua, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on Saturday.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). Chinese astronauts, youths embrace New Year via space-Earth talk. ecns.cn Three Chinese astronauts on board space station Tiangong held a video chat with youths in Beijing, Hong Kong and Macao Saturday afternoon, the first day of 2022.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). IOC president Bach confident of safe, secure Beijing 2022. ecns.cn International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach expressed confidence in a successful Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in his New Year message published on the IOC official website on Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). Xinjiang sends warm message overseas. ecns.cn The Xinjiang Overseas Friendship Association held an online meeting on Friday for overseas Chinese in the United States who are from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to better understand the region's development.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). Shanghai opens World Expo culture park at 2010 World Expo site. ecns.cn A World Expo culture park built at the 2010 World Expo site in Shanghai was partially opened on Friday, providing visitors with 85 hectares of leisure and entertainment space.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). Mainland hopes for complete reunification. ecns.cn A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Saturday expressed hope for the complete reunification of the motherland and denounced Taiwan authority's attempts to seek independence.

ecns.cn (2022-01-02). A-Z of Tibet in 2021, an extraordinary year. ecns.cn The following is a lexical walk through some of the major landmarks and achievements of the region throughout 2021.

South China Morning Post (2022-01-01). The Insufferable Hypocrisy of Western Governments Hell-bent on Destroying Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org Much of the independent media have provided coverage of the horrendous plight suffered by WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Some corporate media have even pointed out how five purported democracies conspired to entrap Julian Assange and, with the acquiescence of most of the western monopoly media, are complicit in the slow-motion assassination of the brave journalist.

South China Morning Post (2022-01-01). The Insufferable Hypocrisy of Western Governments Hell-bent on Destroying Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org Much of the independent media have provided coverage of the horrendous plight suffered by WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. Some corporate media have even pointed out how five purported democracies conspired to entrap Julian Assange and, with the acquiescence of most of the western monopoly media, are complicit in the slow-motion assassination of the brave journalist.

Prof Nicolas Boeglin (2022-01-01). La apertura de relaciones diplomáticas de Nicaragua con China Popular y la ruptura de relaciones con Taiwán: Breve puesta en perspectiva. globalizacion.ca El pasado 10 de diciembre del 2021, de forma conjunta Nicaragua y la República Popular de China anunciaron oficialmente el restablecimiento de sus relaciones diplomáticas: los jefes de la diplomacia de China Popular y de Nicaragua sostuvieron personalmente una reunión…

Anand Naidoo (2022-01-01). The Heat: Xi Jinping's New Year address. america.cgtn.com President Xi Jinping delivers his 2022 New Year's address to China. What was his message?>

Richard Horton (2022-01-01). [Comment] Offline: The origin story—towards a final resolution? thelancet.com WHO has been a particular casualty in the dispute about the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Former US President Donald Trump's verbal attacks and his decision to defund the agency drew blood in Geneva—and the wounds are still visible. The allegation that WHO shared responsibility for the pandemic by adopting a policy of appeasement towards China has proven impossible to refute. As a member-state organisation, WHO's staff are constitutionally bound to heed the instructions of the governments they serve. Only former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland had the courage to defy countries when she was WHO Direc…

Prof Nicolas Boeglin (2022-01-01). La apertura de relaciones diplomáticas de Nicaragua con China Popular y la ruptura de relaciones con Taiwán: Breve puesta en perspectiva. globalizacion.ca El pasado 10 de diciembre del 2021, de forma conjunta Nicaragua y la República Popular de China anunciaron oficialmente el restablecimiento de sus relaciones diplomáticas: los jefes de la diplomacia de China Popular y de Nicaragua sostuvieron personalmente una reunión…

Anand Naidoo (2022-01-01). The Heat: Xi Jinping's New Year address. america.cgtn.com President Xi Jinping delivers his 2022 New Year's address to China. What was his message?>

Richard Horton (2022-01-01). [Comment] Offline: The origin story—towards a final resolution? thelancet.com WHO has been a particular casualty in the dispute about the origins of SARS-CoV-2. Former US President Donald Trump's verbal attacks and his decision to defund the agency drew blood in Geneva—and the wounds are still visible. The allegation that WHO shared responsibility for the pandemic by adopting a policy of appeasement towards China has proven impossible to refute. As a member-state organisation, WHO's staff are constitutionally bound to heed the instructions of the governments they serve. Only former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland had the courage to defy countries when she was WHO Direc…

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