China

This year’s climate summit in Belém is unfolding against an unusual backdrop. The United States has stepped back from global climate commitments, Europe is tied down by slow growth and political hesitation, and yet many fast-growing economies are accelerating their shift to clean energy. The momentum is coming from countries that once argued they were too poor to transition quickly. They are now adopting renewable energy at a pace that few expected, the New York Times reported. How cheap Chinese technology is driving the shift China has rapidly expanded production of solar panels, wind turbines and electric-vehicle batteries, to the point where its domestic market no longer absorbs everything it makes. The result is a flood of low-cost equipment flowing to countries hungry for e

Under Xi, the CCP’s political structure has become even more centralised and male-dominated. Power increasingly revolves around a tight inner circle of male loyalists. espite frequent rhetoric about gender equality, women remain largely invisible in China’s political landscape. While President Xi Jinping’s appearance at the 2025 Global Women’s Summit projected an image of empowerment, the reality within the Chinese Communist Party tells a very different story. At the highest levels of power, women’s representation is almost entirely absent. It is hardly surprising to see very few women at high-ranking CCP meetings. China’s recently concluded 15th Five-Year Plan session was no exception. Women continue to be underrepresented in the upper echelons of both the CCP and the