Day: December 17, 2021

Nearly one-third of suicides in China are by old people

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Dec 18th 2021 AS CHINA AGES, worries are mounting about the mental health of its elderly population. Globally, suicide rates among old people tend to be higher than average. In China this is especially true. People there aged 70 and above kill themselves at more than four times the rate of the general population, compared with around a quarter more in America. Loneliness and inadequate health care are among the main reasons. Listen to this story Your browser does not support the <audio> element. Enjoy more audio and podcasts on…

Hong Kong ‘patriots’ election casts doubt over democracy as city enters new era

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Days before Hong Kong’s legislative council election, 15 months after it was supposed to be held, former legislator Ted Hui is on the phone from Adelaide railing against the government. In the southern Australian city he is far from the Hong Kong warrants for his arrest and instead in a place where, unlike many of his former colleagues, he can speak freely. “For the Hong Kong people there are not many choices now but to accept illegitimate elections. The parliament is going to be a rubber stamp for Beijing and…

U.S. Olympic Leader: Peng Shuai’s Sexual Assault Charge Must Be Investigated

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With seven weeks to go before the start of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, leaders of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee criticized China’s handling of the recent allegations of sexual assault from one of its star athletes. China’s treatment of the three-time Olympian Peng Shuai, one of China’s top tennis players, has become a contentious issue since Nov. 2, when Peng accused a former top government official of sexually assaulting her. Little has been heard from her since. “I think this is a sad situation,” Susanne Lyons, chair…

To ‘Green’ the Belt and Road, China Needs to Set Clear Renewable Energy Targets

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Advertisement China could develop as much as 679.69 gigawatts (GW) of solar polar in Belt and Road countries by 2030, and 26.55 GW of wind, which would effectively cut 1.8 billion tons of carbon emissions and create 310,000 new jobs. These figures come from two reports compiled and published in Chinese by my team at Greenpeace East Asia’s Beijing office. This research project also showed, in clear terms, that Chinese investors won’t deliver that impact – which would amount to a 17 percent cut in Belt and Road countries’ 2018…

China States Economic Priorities for 2022, Emphasizing ‘Stability’

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Advertisement “Economic work next year must have ‘stability’ as its watchword,” resolved China’s Central Economic Work Conference last week, according to summary notes released by Xinhua. The conference was held December 8-10 in Beijing and chaired by CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping. The conference directed government departments at all levels to “take responsibility for stabilizing the macroeconomy.” “All stakeholders should actively introduce policies that are conducive to economic stability, and policy efforts should be carried out appropriately,” the conference notes stated. China’s economic growth has slowed over the past decade,…