The Chinese companies at the meeting reportedly said the European Commission had asked them for the detailed chemical composition and formulas of battery raw materials, including the exact amount of each major raw material, such as lithium ferrous phosphate, graphite, copper, and aluminum. The EC also required information on suppliers and procurement of raw materials, which are considered the lifeblood of the electric vehicle industry, per the report.

Are you also going to say that any news outlet that covers the US State Department's statements is... nonsense?

These attacks happened to occur simultaneously with "an attack by terrorist groups on the city of Aleppo," which I'm sure was an unfortunate coincidence for Syria.

What opposition leaders? What dissidents?

Two of the top university presidents in the country were taken down after daring to question the common narrative on the conflict in Gaza.

A whistleblower for a government defence contractor was just assassinated in the middle of legal proceedings against that defence contractor.

Whistleblowers are hunted after: Assange is struggling to avoid extradition and Snowden is stuck in Russia after being pressured to leave everywhere else.

Meanwhile, even legitimate presidential candidates like Sanders are given every disadvantage, most notably in terms of (a lack of) funding and superdelegate votes in primaries.

It's not only China: the entirety of Southeast Asia is joining this transition and shifting the economic balance of power from being centered around the West to being more global and multipolar.

Meanwhile "Western countries" enforcing the so-called "rules-based international order" don't give a fuck about the ICJ ruling on literal genocide.

The Canadian Conservative party is the one that usually runs on "imagine/look at how bad the other guy would be" as a party platform. It's a bad look and a sign that you have nothing better. It's politicking for the sake of politicking.

The new IEA Electricity Report for 2024 shows what I've been saying for ages. The fact that China's building more coal power plants is not an indication that they're increasing coal consumption - quite the opposite. If China were using coal for base load, they wouldn't need so much more excess capacity. China is switching to using coal on-demand to deal with demand spikes.

This is such a good sign for the environment and I expect that things can only improve from here (especially since, imo, the IEA is underestimating China's renewables growth 2025+).

This drug was developed in China by Junshi.

Human Rights Watch has drawn widespread criticism from the Israeli right (NGO Monitor) and US left (The Nation) for their lack of transparency, unclear funding sources, and poor methodology.