Asia

Water as weapon: India's threat to the Indus Treaty signals a dangerous global turn

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano It took years of painstaking diplomacy, technical negotiation, and political compromise to broker ...

The Pope who came from the “end of the world” and spoke to the “South of the world”

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Jorge Mario Bergoglio came from Argentina, the so-called “end of the world”, as he him...

Tariffs, will China fight to the end?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano If Trump is playing poker with the global economy, China seems to have engaged in a Go challenge.&...

Ecomondo China: a litmus test for relations between Rome and Beijing

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano From Chengdu - The 19th edition of Ecomondo China CDEPE, the Italian Exhibition Group’s flag...

China counters Trump’s tariffs with economic cooperation

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano If Trump imposes tariffs, China will shake hands and make deals. Without much fanfare but swiftly,...

India-Bangladesh dispute over the Teesta River. Menga: a crisis for international law

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Last February, Bangladesh saw protests over a long-standing dispute with India over the exploitati...

China, Two Sessions: deficit increases, but the government focuses on AI and clean tech

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano Widely anticipated, awaited, discussed, and analysed, the 2025 Two Sessions (Lianghui) were formal...

Climate, Indonesia launches its international carbon trading

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano On the 20th of January, Indonesia officially launched its international carbon market. Its domesti...

What will be the consequences of Trump's tariffs? Interview with Lucia Tajoli

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in Italiano  In the last few days, the new President of the United States, Donald Trump, has announced th...

China in 2025: What to Watch

While the year marking the transition to the second quarter of the century carries symbolic weight for many, for China, 2025 stands as a critical moment of assessment and trial by fire. The tariff w...

COP29: with Trump's return, will China be the new climate hero?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano COP29 in Baku opened against the backdrop of Donald Trump’s re-election. While the announcem...

The return of Trump, how does China feel about it?

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano While Donald Trump's victory has been all too clear and straightforward, and even the reasons for ...

Advancing Malaysia’s Green Growth through Circular Economy

This article is also available in Italian / Questo articolo è disponibile anche in italiano In recent months, several countries in Asia experienced massive typhoon, flash flood, and extreme ...

Sponge cities: are they really working? Interview with Professor Kongjian Yu

This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water The concept of sponge cities, ...

Water and sanitation (WASH), there is more to it than climate

This article is part of our thematic channel The Water Observer. Click here to subscribe to our newsletter and receive exclusive contents from the world of water According to the World Health Organ...

Ford, electric car sales down: company changes strategy

On August 21, 2024, Ford Motor Company announced updates to its electrification strategy to accelerate consumer adoption and improve profitability given evolving market dynamics as recent sales...

China adjusts climate targets to accelerate decarbonisation

China, the country with the biggest impact on climate, is changing the way it sets its climate targets. Beijing will gradually shift from an energy consumption reduction system that penalises renewa...

Electric cars, Europe reacts to Chinese subsidies with tariffs

More than nine months have passed since the investigation into China's subsidised electric car batteries, a month since Europe imposed provisional tariffs on Chinese carmakers, and weeks since offic...

China, Third Plenum: Xi promises modernization by 2029, but glosses over domestic crisis

“Further deepening the broad effort on reforms and promoting Chinese-style modernization.” All by 2029, the year in which the People's Republic will celebrate its 80th anniversary. This ...

Wang Yao: This is How China Finances Biodiversity

China is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. Its 960 million hectares of land include mountain ranges (such as the Himalayas) and plateaus, vast deserts and immense grasslands, boreal...

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