China set a record for building rooftop photovoltaic systems last year. According to Bloomberg, more solar panels were installed in residential areas than in solar parks. The People’s Republic has 108 gigawatts of solar capacity on the roofs of buildings – an increase from 29 gigawatts last year. The construction of solar farms has stalled […]
Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger has urged caution for scientific cooperation with Russia and China. It “generally makes sense” to cooperate with both countries on major projects, such as the ITER nuclear fusion research project (China.Table reported), the FPD politician said in a Reuters interview on Thursday. “But when a project partner escalates, like Russia […]
Energie im Überfluss, ohne Klimaschäden und fast ohne Atommüll – das verspricht die Kernfusion. Allerdings gilt dieses Versprechen schon seit Jahrzehnten und konnte bisher nicht eingelöst werden. Aufgrund seines massiven Energiehungers treibt China die Erforschung der Kernfusion voran. Die chinesischen Wissenschaftler stehen im engen Austausch mit europäischen Kollegen. Noch ist Europa führend. Doch wegen finanzieller […]
Temperatures hotter than the inside of the sun. Hardly imaginable for ordinary people. For fusion scientists, they are part of everyday life. Recently, Chinese scientists successfully raised the plasma in their fusion reactor to 70 million degrees Celsius – and maintained this state for more than 17 minutes. Last May, they even reached a temperature […]
According to official sources, 346 million Chinese have taken part in winter sports over the past six years. That would be one in four Chinese citizens. This figure raises doubts about whether “winter sports” actually means sports. The figure would be more realistic if snowball fights (or intensive snow shoveling?) were also considered winter sports.
Temperatures hotter than the inside of the sun. Hardly imaginable for ordinary people. For fusion scientists, they are part of everyday life. Recently, Chinese scientists successfully raised the plasma in their fusion reactor to 70 million degrees Celsius – and maintained this state for more than 17 minutes. Last May, they even reached a temperature […]
The Winter Olympics in Beijing is still three weeks away. We take a look ahead and back: In today’s interview, former German ambassador Michael Schaefer talked with Frank Sieren about the diplomatic handling of the Games in 2008. Nowadays, it has almost been forgotten that human rights were discussed back then as well. That is […]
China now has nuclear power plants with a capacity of almost 55 gigawatts. In addition, at least another 16.5 gigawatts of power plant capacity is under construction or in the planning stages. This is according to new data for the past year, as reported by the consulting firm Trivium China. The People’s Republic thus ranks […]
Steve George will be CNN Digital’s new director for Asia Pacific. He will be responsible for digital content and stories and will be based in Hong Kong. Prior to joining CNN in 2016, George spent eight years as an editor in Beijing, covering news and social affairs.
China has achieved a record export surplus in 2021. Exports exceeded imports by the equivalent of almost €590 billion, the customs authority announced in Beijing on Friday. That’s a good 152 billion more than in 2020, even though the Covid pandemic skews the 2020 figure.The reason for the record is the strong global demand for […]