Tag: China
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Message to Xi Jinping: How to Deal with the European Commission
A satirical SOS to Xi Jinping, offering tongue-in-cheek advice on navigating Brussels, bureaucracy, regulation and Europe’s frustrated middle class today.
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China Suspends Fuel Exports
China halts most October fuel exports, prioritising domestic supply as Middle Eastern and Russian disruptions tighten regional markets and boost margins.
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EU Targets Chinese PVC Imports After INEOS Complaint
INEOS welcomes European Commission investigation into unfair PVC imports and calls for urgent reform of EU trade defence.
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How China Replaced EU as a World Power
China’s long-term rise in science, technology, industry and geopolitics contrasts with Europe’s declining influence, competitiveness and global strategic weight.
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China Tightens Chemical Exports to Help US Fight Fentanyl
China tightens chemical export controls on fentanyl precursors, linking industrial chemical trade with the wider fight against drugs and organised crime.
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Oil, Chemicals and Plastics on the Trump–Xi Agenda
Trump–Xi talks could reshape oil, chemicals and plastics through tariffs, Iranian crude, industrial overcapacity, critical minerals and supply-chain restrictions.
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China Revolutionises Oil Refining
Chinese researchers unveil membrane-based oil refining technology that could cut energy use, emissions and costs across fuels, chemicals and plastics.
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Trump vs China: The Oil Price War
Trump’s Iran strategy may squeeze China’s oil lifelines, boost American crude, and push Beijing into an even tighter energy alliance with Russia.
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EU Blames China for the Collapse of Its Chemical and Plastics Industry
Europe blames China for its industrial decline, but Brussels may need to confront how much of the damage is self-inflicted.
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Oil Shock Sends Plastic Prices Higher
Oil’s surge toward $100 is lifting Chinese plastics and petrochemical prices, raising fears of higher costs across global supply chains.
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Is China Quietly Stabilising Global Oil Prices?
China’s weaker demand and large crude inventories are helping cushion global oil prices despite Middle East disruptions.
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How Opium and Communism Westernized China
An opinion piece arguing that modern China progressively replaced much of traditional Chinese civilization by adopting Western political, industrial, technological and corporate models.
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Scientists Call for Mandatory UN Plastics Treaty Reporting
Scientists urge mandatory global plastics reporting under the UN treaty to track production, trade, recycling, chemicals, waste flows and progress.
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China Turns to Russian Oil as Middle East Supplies Tighten
China’s growing purchases of Russian oil could raise costs for smaller refiners and affect plastics production.
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Asian Plastics in Crisis
Asian plastics producers face mounting pressure as naphtha shortages, force majeure declarations and weak margins disrupt petrochemical production across region.
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PetroChina Bets on Petrochemicals
PetroChina accelerates its petrochemical and advanced-materials expansion as declining transport-fuel demand reshapes China’s oil refining and chemicals industry.
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15 Dead at SIBUR–Sinopec Gas Chemical Complex
A deadly fire at the massive SIBUR–Sinopec petrochemical complex highlights the human risks behind expanding global plastics production capacity.
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Sinopec Looks Beyond the Gulf for Crude Oil
China’s Sinopec is moving to diversify its crude oil supplies as conflict in the Middle East exposes the risks of depending heavily on the region.
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How to Make the Chinese Great Again
This article offers a few practical and cultural observations on how Chinese companies and their people can operate more effectively in Europe, strengthen their image and build better relationships with European society.
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China Joins the Great Recycled Plastic Treasure Hunt
After nearly nine years of keeping foreign plastic waste at arm’s length, China is reopening its borders to certain recycled plastic materials.
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China’s Fuel Export Strategy Gains Speed
China Reinforces Its Position as Asia’s Refining Powerhouse
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How China Took One for the Team to Keep Oil Markets Stable
China’s Lower Oil Imports Helped Stabilize the Global Market
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Chinese insights on whether oil is a fossil ressource
One of the most persistent conspiracy theories surrounding the fossil oil industry is the claim that oil isn’t a fossil resource at all. Now, China appears to be jumping on that bandwagon.
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EU China PBAT Anti dumping Investigation
The European Commission on June 4 opened an anti-dumping investigation into Chinese imports of polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) and related copolyesters, following a complaint from EU producers led by BASF.
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Chinese social media ads for plastic recycling (Video)
Europe was talking about it, China is already advertising it on social media. China has become streetwise overnight while Europe has become bureaucratic.
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China converts seawater into plastic
Chinese did it again. Europe spent billions in researching how to convert food crops into plastic. Chinese converted seawater into bioplastics for less than 5 million €. I suspect fraud, connivence and nepotism relating to the EU Horizon program…. or maybe it’s just flagrant incompetence.
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Is China the new enemy?
I was recently speaking with an EU lobbyist who runs a PR agency in Brussels. He told me that China is the new enemy. He went on to say, we shouldn’t buy anything that comes from China. Let me tell you — I disagree. And here’s why.
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Strengthening buyer-supplier relationships for certified sustainable palm oil: the next step for Chinese brands
https://www.eco-business.com/news/strengthening-buyer-supplier-relationships-for-certified-sustainable-palm-oil-the-next-step-for-chinese-brands
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China plans to rip off Cambodia with waste
China intends to export its plastic waste to Cambodia. Has China suddenly invented a new recycling method of are they trying to do what the West did to China for decades … use the country as a landfill to dump their plastic waste? https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501776214/china-firm-urged-to-invest-in-waste-recycling-in-cambodia
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Mr. Trump, China is smuggling palm oil branded as UCO into US
Palm Oil Palm oil is a first generation biofuel and bioplastics feedstock used in both biofuels and bioplastics. The problem with first-generation feedstocks is that they directly compete with food production. That said, palm oil is cleaner, cheaper, and requires less processing to convert into biofuels or bioplastics compared to used cooking oils. On the…
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Turning a problem into a resource: Scientists transform biomass tar into high-value carbon materials
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1099858 https://www.azom.com/news.aspx?newsID=64922
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AI Catalysis and Microreaction Technology Enable Mass Production of High-performance Biobased Materials.
Xiangsheng Technology Completes Two Rounds of Angel+ Round Financing Worth Tens of Millions of Yuanai
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Corruption and human rights still a problem in China
China is a positive example but still faces major problems. This is a FREE article.
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Clariant Catalysts and Shanghai Electric launch alliance to advance China’s energy transition
https://www.clariant.com/en/Corporate/News/2025/07/Clariant-Catalysts-and-Shanghai-Electric-launch-alliance-to-advance-Chinas-energy-transition
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Guangdong launches world’s first 200,000 tons/year plastic recycling plant
https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202507/12/WS6871c65ba31000e9a573ba30.html
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China knows in advance when and where EU biofuels audits are done
https://energy.ec.europa.eu/news/commission-concludes-examination-potential-chinese-biofuel-imports-fraud-2025-07-18_en
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PHA, the Greenest Plastic So Far: Advancing Microbial Synthesis, Recovery, and Sustainable Applications for Circularity
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsomega.5c00684
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China’s Pesticide Registration Reaches New Heights with Diverse and Eco-friendly Formulations
Read https://finance.yahoo.com/news/chinas-pesticide-registration-reaches-heights-132100702.html
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Guangdong launches world’s first 200,000 tons/year plastic recycling plant
Read https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202507/12/WS6871c65ba31000e9a573ba30.html
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For some Western firms, China is the place for carbon dioxide utilization
Read https://cen.acs.org/environment/greenhouse-gases/Western-firms-China-place-carbon/103/web/2025/07
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New bioplastic production in China (FREE)
Read Company makes strides in biodegradable plastic
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Chinese start-up introduces souvenir bags made from plastic waste (FREE)
Read Chinese start-up introduces souvenir bags made from plastic waste
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China continues push for greener packaging (FREE)
Read China continues push for greener packaging
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Trump-China Plastic Continent Controversy
Excuse my French but Trump is not entirely wrong on this one. China played a role regarding the plastic continents in the oceans. Let me summarise: EU and US were exporting their plastic waste to China for decennia. We branded that waste as recyclable. China was supposed to recycle. In reality, none of that plastic…
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Why China is smarter than EU when it comes to climate policies
EU institutions believe they’re better than the rest of the world. In reality, Europe is an old continent without popular cohesion and vision. China, on the other hand, has that popular project: a vision aimed at the middle classes; not like the EU institutions with their policies that only benefit the elites.
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China: New and Renewed Biosafety Certificates Issued
On October 11, 2024, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) announced the issuance of new and renewed biosafety certificates for genetically engineered (GE) events. The announcement includes three renewed biosafety certificates issued for GE crops approved for import as processing materials, one renewed and one new biosafety certificates issued for GE crops approved…
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How China destroyed the EU biofuel market
Biofuel has become a synonym for greenwashing fraud amongst EU consumers. I’m not sure if the EU commission is corrupt or complicit, but once again their shortfalls are visible and unsanctioned. The commission does things it shouldn’t do and doesn’t do things it should. Incompetence or corruption must be the guiding principle if you ask…
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Changhua breaks ground on carbon dioxide-to-polyols plant
Changhua breaks ground on carbon dioxide-to-polyols plant
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China PBAT production Update
China PBAT production Update — The bioplastic industry was built upon unfair commercial practices. A combination of aggressive lobbying, misappropriation of EU funds and ostracising the competition and independent media. To undo the bad karma, we must go back to the bioplastic birthplace and undo the evil in its womb … Italy.
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Chinese scientists have created a fireproof and waterproof alternative to glass
Chinese scientists have created a fireproof and waterproof alternative to glass
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GF Piping Systems supplies 5,000 valves for revolutionized bioplastics production in China
GF Piping Systems supplies 5,000 valves for revolutionized bioplastics production in China
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Major Chinese-European collaboration begins to find high-value, eco-friendly uses for agri-food residues
Major Chinese-European collaboration begins to find high-value, eco-friendly uses for agri-food residues
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China: Climate Reports Highlight Agriculture
China: Climate Reports Highlight Agriculture
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China: National Food Safety Standards Released
China: National Food Safety Standards Released
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China: New Genetically Modified Corn and Soybean Variety Registration List Published
On March 19, 2024, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) National Crop Variety Registration Committee (CNCVRC) published a second variety registration list for genetically modified (GM) corn and soybeans.
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Draft Measures on Farmland Protection Published for Comment (China)
On January 26, the People’s Republic of China published draft “Measures for the Management of Red Lines for Protection of Permanent Basic Farmland,” for public comment through February 26, 2024.
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Is Europe set to become China’s recycling bin? (Euractiv)
Well, the European Commission gets its information from industry lobbyists and NGOs … this should explain the dystopian legal framework around plastic waste. I wonder how long the EU commission will keep running in circles?
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What happens to compostable plastics in China?
In response to a 2020 Chinese government Opinion banning non-biodegradable SUPs, restaurants, beverage companies, and food packaging companies turned to biodegradable plastics.
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Revolutionizing sugarcane breeding
The emerging role of genomics and high-throughput phenomics
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European Commission to examine allegations of unfairly traded biodiesel from China
The European Commission has today launched an investigation into allegations of dumping of biodiesel from China onto the EU market.
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China Agricultural Biotechnology Report
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) continues to advance toward commercial cultivation of domestically developed genetically engineered (GE) corn and soybean crops. Since the last report, the PRC made significant regulatory changes to facilitate the cultivation of GE crops, including publishing the first variety registration list for GE corn and soybeans and an updated draft…
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China GMO update
On December 7, 2023, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) announced the registration of 51 genetically engineered (GE) corn and soy varieties, including 37 GE corn varieties and 14 GE soybean varieties.
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Bioplastic Bags fail Chinese regulation
Beijing’s market regulator has assessed 29 types of “biodegradable” plastic bag and found that 19 (or 65.5%) fail to meet industry and national standards.
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China National Food Safety Standard for Silicone Rubber Materials and Products for Food Contact Use Notified to WTO
On October 25, 2023, China notified the National Food Safety Standard for Food Additive L- Polydextrose to the World Trade Organization (WTO) under G/SPS/N/CHN/1290. The proposed date of entry into force is to be determined. Comments may be submitted to China’s SPS National Notification and Enquiry Center at sps@customs.gov.cn until December 24, 2023. The report…
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China’s bamboo could replace plastics
China’s bamboo could replace high-emitting plastics, but tech bottlenecks are stunting growth
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Bioplastic Startup considered as little giant by Chinese government
Bioplastic Startup considered as little giant by Chinese government
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