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  • ACRE, BRAZIL – 2014/11/17: Aerial view of Amazon rainforest deforestation and farm management for livestock. Photo shows four stages in land management on a big cattle farm in the Amazon: In the foreground, naked clear land where the forest has recently been burned and grass will be grown. On the right, a pasture waiting for the cattle. In the background, the forest being burned to make pasture. On the left, native forest, which will soon enough undergo the same. (Photo by Ricardo Funari/Brazil Photos/LightRocket via Getty Images)Newsletters

    Global Witness reports a record number of environmental campaigners were killed last year

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  • Visitors walk past an advertisement for the BYD Co. Han electric vehicle at the carmaker’s booth at the Auto Shanghai 2021 show in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. The Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition kicked off on April 19 in China’s financial hub, a multiday event aimed at showcasing the best and brightest car innovations in the worlds biggest vehicle market. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

    China vows to consolidate its bloated electric vehicle industry—and its ‘Big Three’ are poised to benefit

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  • ZHEJIANG, CHINA – OCTOBER 18 2019 Two us senators have sent a letter to the us national intelligence agency saying TikTok could pose a threat to us national security and should be investigated. Visitors visit the booth of douyin(Tiktok) at the 2019 smart expo in hangzhou, east China’s zhejiang province, Oct. 18, 2019.- PHOTOGRAPH BY Costfoto / Barcroft Media (Photo credit should read Costfoto / Barcroft Media via Getty Images)International

    Beijing’s new algorithm laws are a global first, but they might not work

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  • BARATARIA, LOUISIANA – AUGUST 31: Marlon Maldonado helps his wife and child into a boat to travel to their home after it flooded during Hurricane Ida on August 31, 2021 in Barataria, Louisiana. “I’ve lost everything in my trailer because of the hurricane. I’ve lost everything, my family has lost everything and we’re now trying to find help. We all live in this area and now its all gone,” said Fusto Maldonado when asked about the storm’s effect. Power is out throughout New Orleans and the surrounding area. Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on August 29 in Louisiana and brought flooding and wind damage along the Gulf Coast. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)Newsletters

    Hurricane Ida shows the importance of climate resilient infrastructure

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  • XIAMEN, CHINA – NOVEMBER 23: Actress Zhao Wei attends the closing ceremony of the 28th China Golden Rooster And Hundred Flowers Film Festival on November 23, 2019 in Xiamen, Fujian Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)International

    Beijing scrubbed one of China’s most famous actors from the Internet

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  • A shopper walks past a Xiaomi Corp. store in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. Xiaomi is scheduled to release earnings results on Aug. 25. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

    Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi sets sights on Samsung’s throne

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  • HANGZHOU, CHINA – JULY 10, 2017 – Ant Group founder Jack Ma attends the 2017 Global Women Entrepreneurs Conference. Hangzhou city, Zhejiang Province, China, July 10, 2017. On November 3, the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange suspended the listing of Ant Technology Group Co., LTD.- PHOTOGRAPH BY Costfoto / Barcroft Studios / Future Publishing (Photo credit should read Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)Newsletters

    China’s graft busters are going after Jack Ma’s hometown

    By Clay Chandler and Eamon Barrett
  • 07 July 2021, Hamburg: View of the Vattenfall combined heat and power plant in Moorburg on the South Elbe. After only about five years and ten months on the grid, the coal-fired power plant will be shut down for good. In the future, green hydrogen will be produced there. Photo: Georg Wendt/dpa (Photo by Georg Wendt/picture alliance via Getty Images)Newsletters

    Hydrogen isn’t a panacea for the carbon economy

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  • The MGM Grand Macau casino, developed by MGM China Holdings Ltd., left, stands illuminated at night in Macau, China, on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Casinos in Macau, the Chinese territory that’s the worlds biggest gambling hub, reported a record drop in gaming revenue, as they grappled with the cost of closing down their businesses for 15 days to help contain the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Photographer: Billy H.C. Kwok/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

    Macau’s casino operators are betting on a slow recovery from COVID-19

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  • Police officers (L and 2nd R) wearing protective gear explain pandemic prevention information to fight against the spread of Covid-19 coronavirus to workers at Nanjing port in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on August 4, 2021. – China OUT (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)International

    How harsh are China’s COVID restrictions? A single infection closed the world’s third-busiest port

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  • Beijing is blacklisting karaoke songs that might endanger society.International

    Beijing’s latest crackdown target? Karaoke

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  • Signage at the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. headquarters in Hangzhou, China, on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. Alibaba is scheduled to report first-quarter results on Aug. 3. Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesNewsletters

    China’s tech sector has a drinking problem

    By Clay Chandler and Eamon Barrett
  • CHENGDU, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 – Luxi Zhigu Greenway both sides of the water into the park, storage of rain flood, the formation of thousands of acres of wetland under the forest. The urban sponge purifies the water quality, retains thousands of trees and numerous bamboo forests, flower irrigation, ditches, ponds and so on, and creates a wild and interesting ecological greenway under the forest. Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China, September 17, 2020.- PHOTOGRAPH BY Costfoto / Barcroft Studios / Future Publishing (Photo credit should read Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)International

    China’s latest floods put its climate-friendly ‘sponge cities’ to the test

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  • BAKERSFIELD, CA – JULY 8: An oil pumpjack is silhouetted against the morning sunrise on July 8, 2021, north of Bakersfield, California. Due to a lack of rain and snow in the Sierra Nevada during the past two years, California is experiencing one of the driest and hottest periods of weather in recorded history, forcing municipalities and farmers in the Central Valley to rethink their uses of water. As of this date, Governor Gavin Newsom declared a water “State of Emergency” for most state counties and has asked residents to reduce their use of water by 15%. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)Newsletters

    Big Oil plummets down the Fortune Global 500, dragged by the pandemic

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  • A 300 millimetre wafer used for semiconductor research at the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (imec), in Leuven, Belgium, on Wednesday, July 7, 2021. The Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre may be Belgiums best-kept secret, but its in global demand for its work on the future of computer chips, with applications in areas from genome sequencing to autonomous driving. Photographer: Olivier Matthys/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInternational

    Now there’s worry the chip shortage will turn into a chip glut

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