By Steven Irvine – Founder, CEO & Editor ‘Week in China’ ENERGY & RESOURCES, TALKING POINT Speculative failure How China’s biggest nickel producer got caught out in the futures market Mar 18, 2022 (WiC 577) Tsingshan: the low-key Chinese resources firm made paper losses of $8 billion on nickel trades. Chinese investors sometimes refer to ‘demon stocks’. These are characterised by logic-defying lurches in their share prices and are frequently associated with improper market disclosure and insider trading. There’s a…
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Accreditation to CMS Legal APAC IP Update – Winter 2021-2022 – Published: March 2022 China CNIPA releases the Amended Measures for Registration of Pledge of Patent Rights On 16 November 2021, the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released the amended “Measures for the Registration of Pledge of Patent Rights”, which establishes an online application system for conducting registration procedures online. Applicants no longer need to submit physical identity, change, and cancellation certificates, etc. The CNIPA will conduct random…
Authors: The International Institute for Sustainable Development & Earth Negotiations Bulletin Accreditation Link: https://www.iisd.org/publications/state-global-environmental-governance-2021 Negotiating global agreements on climate action, biodiversity restoration, plastic pollution control, and other environmental crises is not easy at the best of times—and 2021 was far from that. By Jennifer Allan (Dr.), Elsa Tsioumani (Dr.), Natalie Jones (Dr.), Bernard Soubry (Dr.) This report by the Earth Negotiations Bulletin team explores the highlights and lowlights in a tumultuous year—including the problematic popularity of pledging, the strategies that helped online meetings make…
By Steven Irvine – Founder, CEO & Editor ‘Week in China’ Island diplomacy China backs Argentina’s Falklands claim Feb 2022 (WiC 573) Argentina has joined the BRI Argentinian leader Alberto Fernandez wouldn’t have been counting on Olympic glory when he flew into Beijing earlier this month – his nation’s athletes have competed at 19 Winter Olympic Games without winning a single medal. But President Fernandez had bigger fish to fry in his meeting on the sidelines of the Games with Xi…
‘One of society’s biggest challenges’: How the Aviation Impact Accelerator is pushing the aviation sector towards net zero. Dame Polly Courtice was Founder-Director of the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership and one of the founders of the Aviation Impact Accelerator. ‘Our enemy is time. Achieving an aviation sector with no climate impact is one of society’s biggest challenges. Solving it will require a complex combination of technology, business, human behaviour and policy.’ – Rob Miller, Director, University of…
Despite reducing electricity demand due to COVID-19, the Asia-Pacific region maintained positive yearly growth rates in electricity demand 15.02.2022 Unravel editorial team Original article posted here: https://unravel.ink/asias-electricity-demand-is-surging/ An aerial view of Beijing. Asia’s demand for power is growing, driven by China and India. Photo by Road Trip with Raj on Unsplash. Electricity has played a key role in uplifting economies and forms a crucial component in bridging the economic divide. In a recently released report by the International Energy Agency, demand for…
An Interview with President Tim Lafferty of Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) Host: Renee Pan PBEC Managing Director UK & Europe PBEC’s Renee Pan sat down with President Tim Lafferty of Global Corporate Venturing (GCV) this month Jan. 22 to talk about his views and insights on Corporate Venturing. Audio is in dual Chinese and English. As the lifespan of large companies reduces, due to disruptive innovative competitors and corporate venturing, large companies are increasingly taking minority equity stakes in start-ups….
An interview with Mr. Haldane Dodd Acting Executive Director (ATAG) Air Transport Action Group Host: Renee Pan PBEC Managing Director UK & Europe Description: Despite the aviation sector continuing to experience a turbulent rebound from the worst crisis in its history, a major milestone was achieved during the pandemic, with a general consensus reached on net-zero carbon emissions targets for the industry. In October 2021, the global air transport industry adopted a new long-term goal to address its climate change…
By Steven Irvine – Founder, CEO & Editor ‘Week in China’ Chinese exporter decides best way forward is to buy its own container ship – Feb, 2022 (WiC 572) Loctek will purchase its own 1,800 TEU container vessel for $32.6 million https://www.weekinchina.com/2022/02/thinking-out-of-the-box-2/ Not many companies own their own cargo ships if their primary business isn’t logistics. Oil and gas giant Shell is one of the few that has ships of its own; the mining giant Glencore is another. But none…
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