Christiane Kuehl

After 20 years in Beijing and Shanghai now back in Germany. Writing on China economics, climate, mobility and much else

[Dave Keating @DaveKeating]

🇪🇺President @VonDerLeyen looks right at @PM_ViktorOrban as she discusses Ukraine. And she has uncharacteristically tough words.

"The world has witnessed the atrocities of Russia's war. And yet, there are still some who blame this war not on the invader, but the invaded. Not on Putin's lust for power, but on Ukraine's thirst for freedom. So I want to ask them [Orban], would they ever blame the Hungarians for the Soviet invasion of 1956?"

"We Europeans may have different histories and different languages. But there is no European language in which peace is synonymous with surrender and sovereignty is synonymous with occupation. The people of Ukraine are freedom fighters, just like the heroes that freed central and Eastern Europe from Soviet rule."

"And there's only one path to achieve a *just* peace for Ukraine and for Europe. We must continue to empower Ukraine's resistance with political, financial and military support."

[Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta]

I had not realized coal power has plummeted like this in Germany - down two thirds in a decade. See the two jumps from ~2009 to 2013 and 2020 to 2022? That's the only times that developments on coal in Germany were widely reported on... the coal industry hype machine is doing a lot better than the rest of the industry. And to be clear this includes both hard coal and lignite; my first reaction when seeing this was it cannot include both.

via @CarbonBrief @DrSimEvans

[Li Shuo_ASPI @LiShuo_GP]

That’d make the Biden-Xi meeting exactly 10 years after the Obama-Xi meeting at the APEC in Beijing, where the two sides delivered their first joint climate statement. What a decade it has been.

[Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta]

Breaking: China’s CO2 emissions fell 1% in Q2 of 2024, the first quarterly fall since the end of zero-Covid, following five straight quarters of increases. Full-year emissions are on track to fall this year, but only if electricity demand growth eases as expected.

[Christiane Kuehl @ChristianeKuehl]

Important topic these days where we face multiple accounts of sabotage and hybrid warfare in the #Baltic Sea and #Europe as a whole

[Dr. Benjamin L. Schmitt🇺🇸🇺🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼 @BLSchmitt]

🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 REPORT RELEASE: I was proud to coauthor a report for the European Initiative for Energy Security with Amb Andris Piebalgs & Dr. Frank Umbach on “Building Energy Resilience from the Seabed Up” across #Europe.

In the report, we highlight the rapidly evolving threats against energy & critical infrastructure posed by the #Russian Federation, from horrific kinetic military strikes across #Ukraine to hybrid sabotage operations across the European Union.

Check out our latest analysis, policy, and technical recommendations to help the #Transatlantic community deter the growing threat from Putin’s #Kremlin.

PRESS RELEASE: https://t.co/DVHTfkcJZM

[Informal Economy @EconomyInformal]

Rule of Law Index 2023

Top 10 Countries

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@TheWJP

[Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta]

I got the chance to go on National Public Radio to explain why striking Russian oil refineries hurts Russia economically, is good military strategy and does not raise prices at the pump. Washington's chronic and misguided fear of affecting oil prices has hampered effective sanctions and must be re-evaluated based on facts.

[Richard McGregor @mcgregorrichard]

👇 Shen Zhihua has always excelled at saying the quiet bit out loud, something which is not popular in China these days.

[Alexander Gabuev 陳寒士 @AlexGabuev]

As one Chinese diplomat puts it, sardonically, America’s proposition to Beijing could be summarised as: “Please help us to defeat your closest ally, so that we can turn on you next.” @gideonrachman in @FT. https://t.co/Ityp8AvfbC

[Alexander Gabuev 陳寒士 @AlexGabuev]

What does a cabinet reshuffle in Russia mean for 🇨🇳🇷🇺 government-to-government ties? It's about continuity, deepening, and long-term. Also, as Beijing and Moscow expand their defense industrial cooperation, Putin has elevated high-caliber professionals with China experience. 🧵

[Caixin Global @caixin]

Charts of the Day: Lithium-ion batteries are likely to be most affected by a new round of U.S. tariff hikes designed to prevent the American market from being flooded with cheap Chinese goods. https://t.co/iC1nHHBKwo

[Alexander Gabuev 陳寒士 @AlexGabuev]

The highly scripted official part of Putin’s state visit to China has started. But it will be his 1-on-1 with Xi and intimate dinner with natsec teams tonight (Belousov, Shoigu, Lavrov, Ushakov) where the real action is.

[Michael Dunne @dunne_insights]

The Great Foreign Car Brand Collapse in China.

"Last week, BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu predicted foreign brands would see their China market share plummet from 40% to 10% in the next three to five years."

A drop from 40% to 10% would be massive.

https://t.co/fqTbO0ZuMj

[Victoria @victoriaslog]

🇺🇦 2004: Ukrainians started the Orange Revolution after Yanukovych rigged the elections

🇧🇾 2020: Belarusians protested after Lukashenko rigged the elections

🇷🇺 2024: Russians came to watch Putin’s speech after Putin rigged the elections

[Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta]

NEW from me: China's 2024 energy and economic targets allow CO2 emissions to rise up to 2.4%, because a major redefinition of a key energy target. The target could well be overachieved, but the low target is not helping China's credibility.
https://t.co/Js6VZcEt0m

[Reinhard Bütikofer @bueti]

Nuclear did not play a role in the #Raisina2024 energy panel discussion. Question from audience: What about nuclear? India's G20 sherpa responds shortly: Small nuclear will be needed. But he more emphasizes: Markets must penalize those that account for GHG emissions.

[Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf 🌏 🦣 @rahmstorf]

For the full cartoonist‘s perspective on the AMOC risk, check out https://t.co/JTEcn0vUH4.
For a scientist‘s perspective here is my blog article: https://t.co/xCNlz9cjRn

[Table.Briefings @TableBriefings]

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