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• China’s growth ambitions will erase the world’s climate gains

  Global greenhouse pollution hit a new record and increased 1.1% last year, the International Energy Agency reported last week. That was almost entirely a China story.

  

• China quietly expanding influence in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

  Top-level meetings between officials, new mineral deals, and the upgrading of transport routes between the two countries are regularly championed by Taliban government officials.

  

• Hong Kong court orders liquidation of China's Evergrande

  High Court judge Linda Chan's decision effectively kickstarts a long process which includes liquidating the developer's assets and replacing its management to assuage concerns of its creditors.

  

• Xi Jinping says ready to 'break new ground' to solidify China-France ties after Macron inks big defence deals with India

  In his message on the occasion, Xi said "As today's world is once again at a critical crossroads, China and France should jointly open up a path of peace, security, prosperity and progress for human development."

  

• Clean energy largest driver of Chinese GDP growth in 2023: report

  China is the world's biggest emitter of greenhouse gases driving climate change, but it is also the top producer of wind and solar energy.

  

• Nuclear energy players need to take 90% uranium price spike bill or shut plants

  Governments appear to have finally grasped that nuclear power is the only cheap and reliable low-carbon power available — and therefore the only thing that gives them a hope of getting anywhere near their rash net-zero promises.

  

• China, Finland held 'constructive' talks on damaged gas pipeline

  Finnish police in late October recovered an anchor believed to have damaged the Balticconnector pipeline between Finland and Estonia on October 8.

  

• How China cleaned its filthy air while India continues to choke

  In the 30 days through Nov. 9, levels of hazardous microparticles known as PM2.5 averaged 14 times higher in New Delhi than in Beijing, according to air-quality tracker IQAir.

  

• China's electric bus revolution glides on

  "Electrification is one of the most important strategies" for reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), with bus decarbonisation representing around five percent of cumulative emissions reductions in transport.

  

• UN climate talks open in oil-rich UAE with pressure for urgent action

  The two-week-long negotiations in a vast exhibition venue in Dubai come at a pivotal moment, with emissions still climbing and the UN saying this year is likely to be the hottest in human history.

  

• The big emitters: China

  In 2021, China emitted 14.30 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent -- a measure of all greenhouse gases -- according to Climate Watch, citing data from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.