Planet China: Third in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world. Chinese banks have become the biggest international funders of companies that trade in goods linked to deforestation, a trend that could further imperil the world’s most climate-critical forests, environmental advocates say. A new report from the advocacy … Continue reading As China Touts Green Financing and Climate Goals, Its Banks Are Pouring Billions Into Commodities From the World’s Rainforests