Day: November 4, 2023

“The accurate and detailed mapping of cotton in Xinjiang is vital for cotton management, disease prevention and control, and yield forecast,” the team said, adding that the data set is available on the open repository Zenodo. The researchers are from: the National Engineering Research Centre for Satellite Remote Sensing Applications under the Chinese Academy of Sciences; the Oasis Eco-Agriculture Key Laboratory, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, at Shihezi University in northern Xinjiang; and Canada’s University of Toronto. China produces more than 20 per cent of the world’s cotton, mostly from…

Colombia’s all-important cattle industry expects to see a stampede of growth in exports to China following agreements signed between the two sides, and China’s smartphones will find a booming market in the South American country, the Colombian consul general in Hong Kong said this week. The energised trade ties will deepen China’s foothold in Latin America, according to analysts who point to the region being more historically allied with the United States – its largest trade partner. Beef exports to China will grow on the back of a bilateral protocol…

China’s top graft-buster has warned foreign affairs officials and Communist Party cadres to be on guard against infiltration and corruption, as Beijing doubles down on national security amid tensions with the West. “Diplomatic and foreign affairs cadres are the main force in foreign affairs work. They are on the front line of foreign exchanges, especially the struggle with hostile Western forces,” Zhang Jiwen, a senior official with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), said in an article published in a CCDI magazine on Wednesday. “They are at relatively high…

Mainstream historians have criticised Jin’s argument as superficial and flawed, noting that similar questions could be raised about China’s ancient philosophers such as Lao Tzu. But Jin’s statements reflect a growing trend among some nationalistic intellectuals who argue the world needs a new, less Western-centric version of history as China rises on the world stage and engages in a “war of narratives” with the US and its allies. Western scholars have raised their own doubts about China’s claim to 5,000 years of history – a history China’s leaders have invoked…