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“Global markets are now flooded with cheaper Chinese electric cars,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen earlier this week. She
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It is just three years since China profiteered and held other countries over a barrel for medical equipment as the COVID-19 pandemic raged. With the
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The idea that authoritarian governance holds an advantage in pushing forward with some elements of a “green transition” can be enticing. China, for
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In the land where the lies are so numerous that cover-ups come in bundles, censors smothered news about an academic research paper that revealed
Is China Leading the Charge on Deep-Sea Mining? Not Really
This month, last-ditch attempts are being made to negotiate regulations for deep-sea mining, with the ugly possibility that exploration could begin
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