by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 13, 2024 | Asia, ASEAN, China, India, News, Reports, World
The world’s population will peak in the mid-2080s, growing over the next 60 years from 8.2 billion people in 2024 to around 10.3 billion in the mid-2080s, according to UN’s new report titled ‘World Population Prospects 2024.’ In its 2022 publication, the UN...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 12, 2024 | Climate, Business, China, Energy, Environment, Lifestyle, News, Sustainability, Visions
Almost 25 million green power certificates, corresponding to 24.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity generated from renewable sources, have been traded in the last week of June on the Guangzhou Power Exchange Center in Guangdong province. This marks China’s...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 27, 2024 | Asia, China, Innovation, News, Space, Technology
China’s Chang’e 6 robotic mission has returned scientifically precious samples from the moon’s far side to Earth for the first time. The Chang’e 6 mission, representing the world’s first attempt at bringing back samples from the moon’s far side to Earth, was...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 26, 2024 | China, Infrastructure, News, Transportation, Travel, Vietnam, Visions
Work on a 1,500-kilometer high-speed rail link between the northern and southern regions will start in 2026 or 2027, Vietnam’s Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang says. Work is set to begin next year, connecting China with the northern province of Lao Cai,...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 14, 2024 | China, Digitalization, Economy, EU, News, Norway, Technology, Trade
Norway will not follow the EU tariffs on Chinese electric cars. Norwegian Finance Minister Trygve Slagsvol Vedum says that tariffs would be neither relevant nor desirable for the Norwegian government. Norway has the highest density of electric vehicles worldwide and...
