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Planet China

The Chinese Coal Offer Pakistan Couldn’t Afford But Didn’t Refuse

Leaders insisted China-backed coal deals would fix Pakistan’s energy crisis. But the power plants have threatened residents’ health and left the nation in a debt trap.

By Aman Azhar

The cooling towers and main unit of the Chinese–funded Sahiwal coal plant dominate the skyline above rural farmlands in Punjab, Pakistan. Credit: Aman Azhar/Inside Climate News
An Ecuadorian squirrel monkey in the trees of Yasuni National Park in Ecuador. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Countries Want Debt Relief for Conservation. Is China Ready to Play a Role?

By Katie Surma, Georgina Gustin

The construction site for Chinese battery giant CATL’s plant near Debrecen, Hungary, is seen on May 5, 2024. Credit: Attila Kisbenedek/AFP via Getty Images

China’s Clean Energy Investments Abroad Are a Boon for Climate, but Human Rights and the Environment Are a Different Story

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The cranes of a new megaport tower behind the town of Chancay, Peru. Credit: Cris Bouroncle/AFP via Getty Images

A Massive, Chinese-Backed Port in Peru Could Push the Amazon Rainforest Over the Edge

By Georgina Gustin

Tawanda Majoni, an investigative journalist and founder of Information for Development Trust, stands outside his office in Harare, Zimbabwe. Credit: Katie Surma/Inside Climate News

How China Silences Environmental Reporters Beyond Its Borders

By Katie Surma

A fisherman observes the coal-fired Suralaya Power Station in Banten Province, Indonesia, on Oct. 31, 2023. Credit: Ronald Siagian/AFP via Getty Images

China Helped Indonesia Build One of the World’s Biggest, Youngest Coal Fleets. It’s Still Growing.

Story by Nicholas Kusnetz, data analysis by Peter Aldhous

A landscape in Zambia 12 weeks after a Chinese copper mine spilled toxic waste laced with heavy metals, including lead, arsenic and uranium. Credit: Katie Surma/Inside Climate News

Chinese Mining Firm Downplays Toxic Waste Spill as Residents Reel From Impacts

By Katie Surma

Near Moku, Haut-Uélé province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, an Indigenous Mbuti woman points to a flooded, abandoned mine where her young relative drowned. Credit: Courtesy of PAX

Chinese Miners Accused of Gold Pillage, Environmental Destruction in DRC

By Katie Surma

A landscape in Zambia 12 weeks after Sino-Metals spilled toxic waste laced with heavy metals including lead, arsenic and uranium. Credit: Katie Surma/Inside Climate News

Zambia Ordered a Mining Company to Pay Villagers After a Toxic Waste Spill. The Firm Made Them Sign Away Their Rights First

By Katie Surma

Jingjing Zhang meets with community members in Kalusale, Zambia. Credit: Katie Surma/Inside Climate News

The Woman Holding Chinese Mining Giants Accountable

By Katie Surma

The Tapanuli orangutan is threatened by a Chinese-built hydroelectric dam in North Sumatra, Indonesia. Credit: Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari and Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme

The Chinese Dam Threatening the World’s Most Endangered Ape

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Cows graze on deforested land in Madre de Dios, Peru. Credit: Angela Ponce/The Washington Post via Getty Images

As China Touts Green Financing and Climate Goals, Its Banks Are Pouring Billions Into Commodities From the World’s Rainforests

By Georgina Gustin

A worker checks solar panels at the Benban Solar Energy Park in Aswan, Egypt, on April 21, 2024. A consortium of Chinese investors helped finance the solar park in 2021 as part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Credit: Ahmed Gomaa/Xinhua via Getty Images

For the First Time, China Invests More in Wind and Solar Than Coal Overseas

By Katie Surma, Georgina Gustin, Nicholas Kusnetz

China Is Reshaping Global Development. Is That Good for the Planet?

By Katie Surma

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