East Asia

It’s a peculiarly hypocritical position to take, but strangely consistent for a two-faced leader

North Korea

Why does Trump want to Sabotage the Iran Deal but to Negotiate with North Korea?

Mohammed Nuruzzaman

China will go to bat for Pyongyang but not for Tehran, and Iran is relatively weak

China

Russia and China slam Trump-Macron Push to Renegotiate Iran Deal

Juan Cole

Moscow and Beijing value Iran’s Role in Syria, plan arms sales to Tehran

China

China’s Climate Policies Could Save 94,000 People from Early Grave

contributors

The difference is that the Chinese Communist Party Cares and our Capitalists do not.

Iran

Could Trump’s Sabre-Rattling against Iran Spoil the North Korea Negotiations?

Neil Thompson

Dissolution of the nuclear agreement may not go over well in Pyongyang.

China

Oceania and Eastasia? New Cold War, this Time against both Russia and China?

Michael T. Klare

( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Think of it as the most momentous military planning on Earth right now. Who’s even paying attention, given the eternal changing of the guard at the White House, as well as the latest in tweets, sexual revelations, and investigations of every sort? And yet it increasingly looks as if, […]

China

Wind & Solar Rising: Has world disillusionment with Nuclear Power reached China?

contributors

The Qinshan nuclear power plant in Zhejiang province (Image: baike) By Feng Hao | (China Dialogue) | – – Slowing demand for electricity and competition from renewables have halted new reactor approvals, writes Feng Hao Globally, the outlook for new, large nuclear reactors is gloomy, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook. […]

China

China met Carbon Intensity Goals 3 Years Early, but it Isn’t Nearly Enough

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I am not a fundamentalist in any other area of life. But I am a carbon dioxide fundamentalist. Well, you can add methane and some other gases. The point is that CO2 emissions is the only issue that matters in speaking of climate change. It is […]

China

Could China oil Exchange & Green Energy pull the plug on the Dollar?

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Kate Duguid at Reuters reports the alarm at UBS that China’s new oil futures exchange will hurt the standing of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency. That development in turn would start the reverse snowball down the hill, with the dollar falling against other currencies, […]