The Fukushima Nuclear disaster and China’s desire to diversify its energy portfolio away from fossil fuels sees natural gas as a natural alternative energy source. Total consumption of natural gas in China in 2010 was 106 billion cubic meters – with growth of nearly 20-percent over 2009. However, China’s use of natural gas is a [...]
A wave of unrest that began in mid-May 2011 began sprouting in China for various, seemingly unrelated reasons. However, each demonstration of discontent is disrupting the operations of Foreign-invested Enterprises (FIEs) in China in a way not seen in nearly a year. Though local authorities and the People’s Armed Police (PAP) have quelled many of [...]
The implications of an alignment between Chinese foreign policy and national feeling are great for foreign businesses invested in China. The seas off China’s coast from September 2010 through the first half of 2011 have seen a growing number of incidents between Chinese marine vessels and ships from other countries. Despite protestations of a “Peaceful Rise”, [...]
On March 16, 2011 the Chinese central government placed a moratorium on approvals of nuclear projects and on current nuclear construction projects. Just days before, a tsunami struck Japan’s coastline and knocked the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant off-line. The tsunami compromised the containment vessels shielding humans from lethal doses of radioactive fuel and forced [...]