Xi Jinping’s reappointment for a third term as China’s president has garnered international attention, as it has significant implications for China’s political landscape and its relationships with other countries. On Sunday, the National People’s Congress, China’s rubber-stamp parliament, voted 2,952-0 to confirm Xi’s reappointment, effectively solidifying his grip on power and cementing his
China has recently instructed companies to stop using the Big 4 auditors for their financial statements. This move is part of China’s efforts to exert more control over the financial sector and enhance its regulatory oversight. While this decision may be seen as a blow to the Big 4 accounting firms, it also
Michael Jacobs, University of Sheffield Climate change policy has entered a new era. The growing row between the United States and the European Union over the impacts of the new American green subsidy regime makes that all too clear. Yet in many ways, this story is ultimately about China. For the last 20
Paul Hunter, University of East Anglia China is currently in the midst of a severe wave of COVID infections and deaths. We don’t know exactly how bad it is because of significant gaps in official reporting, but by all indications, things are dire. News reports suggest hospitals and mortuaries are overflowing. So how
China can help ASEAN countries reconfigure their electricity systems around renewable energy by sharing its own experiences Southeast Asia is today one of the world’s most economically dynamic regions, maintaining annual per capita GDP growth of over 3.5% in the decade up to the pandemic, higher than the US, Japan and Europe. Rapid
Barbara Yoxon, Lancaster University Russia is planning to buy “millions” of Soviet-era weapons from North Korea, a recent US intelligence report revealed. Britain’s defence intelligence has also confirmed that Russia is already using Iranian-made drones in Ukraine. The revelations follow a series of diplomatic exchanges between Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean
Automaker GMC shows off its Hummer EVs at a plant in Detroit. Nic Antaya/Getty Images Ho-Yin Mak, Georgetown University; Christopher S. Tang, University of California, Los Angeles, and Tinglong Dai, Johns Hopkins University Two electrifying moves in recent weeks have the potential to ignite electric vehicle demand in the United States. First, Congress
As a major province of energy consumption and carbon emission, Jiangsu Province is also a major province of the construction industry, which is a key region and potential area for carbon emission reduction in China. The research and prediction of carbon emission in the construction industry is of great significance for the development
This study examines the spillover effects of China’s New Rural Pension Scheme (NRPS) implemented in 2009 as a cash transfer program for agricultural production. Based on the data collected by the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Survey (CHARLS) in four periods (2011, 2013, 2015 and 2018), we employ Seemingly Unrelated Regression to explore
Monitoring human activities in border areas is challenging due to the complex geographical environment and diverse people. China has the longest terrestrial boundary and the highest number of neighboring countries in the world. In this study, a human activity intensity index (HAI) was proposed based on land cover, population density, and satellite-based nighttime