A group of policymakers from across the aisle co-signed a letter to block Huawei from supplying its solar energy generators to the US grid, the SCMP reports, broadening the government’s skepticism towards the tech firm from telecommunications. The 11 lawmakers appealed to the Department of Homeland Security and the Energy Department to keep Huawei from […]
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The new refinery project in China’s Northeast province of Liaoning was agreed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) during his two-day visit to China, Al-Jazeera reports. China is likely to become an increasingly important ally for Saudi Arabia, both economically and politically, as the middle-eastern state faces frosty ties following the alleged government-sponsored […]
The northern port of Dalian has stopped accepting imports of coal from Australia as part of a wider overall cutback on coal shipments, Dalian customs authorities told Reuters. The length of the ban has not been specified, but Australian coal has also been substantially delayed at other Chinese ports to a minimum 40-day-processing period. Dalian […]
Just a handful of Chinese electric-vehicle battery makers may survive the end of Beijing’s large-scale subsidy program next year, which has been instrumental in nurturing the world’s largest domestic market, according to the Nikkei Asian Review. Industry leaders Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) and BYD will be among the few battery manufacturers remaining once the subsidies […]
Beijing announced this week that while China may be the king of coal power, it at least has the cleanest coal plants, with three-quarters of its coal power plants now having been fitted with emission-cutting technology, reports Caixin. The past four decades have seen cheap coal power plants supports the nation’s unparalleled economic growth. The plants […]