Interfax Global Energy Services closed in February 2020, so I am sharing some of my final articles here to preserve them. This article was published on 27 January 2020. (more…)
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My work: US-China deal eases tensions but offers little for LNG
Interfax Global Energy Services closed in February 2020, so I am sharing some of my final articles here to preserve them. This article was published on 20 January 2020. (more…)
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My work: CNOOC to accelerate production growth
Interfax Global Energy Services closed in February 2020, so I am sharing some of my final articles here to preserve them. This article was published on 14 January 2020. (more…)
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My work: China opens up energy market to spur greater production
Interfax Global Energy Services closed in February 2020, so I am sharing some of my final articles here to preserve them. This article was published on 13 January 2020. (more…)
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My work: China’s coal revival poses challenge for gas
Interfax Global Energy Services closed in February 2020, so I am sharing some of my final articles here to preserve them. This article was published on 6 January 2020. (more…)
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My work: China takes a bite out of Apple
Business has turned ugly for multinationals and foreign businesses in general operating in China. After the financial crisis, many looked to China for salvation but the business climate for them has soured in the past couple of years. They have become an easy target for authorities looking to send a message to various industries, with a number of foreign firms such as GlaxoSmithKline and Danone swept up in a far-reaching anti-corruption campaign that is increasingly defining Xi Jinping’s presidency to date. Other firms to have received tough treatment include Apple, whose humiliating apology in 2013 for offering inadequate warranties I wrote about for Al Jazeera English. (more…)
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My work: China enters deep waters
Since I wrote this for Al Jazeera English in March 2013, China’s growing deepwater ambitions have ratcheted up tensions in the South China Sea. Last year China’s main offshore energy explorer CNOOC launched its first deepwater natural gas project in the South China Sea, and then triggered a months-long maritime standoff with Vietnam by towing its biggest oil rig into Vietnamese waters.
CNOOC, owned and controlled by the Chinese central government, sees the underexplored, tempestuous deep waters of the South China Sea as a source of future oil and gas production growth. Its existing fields are mature and are in decline. Venturing further afield is the company’s best hope.
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My work: Chinese media expands Africa presence
This piece for Al Jazeera English, published on 24 January 2013, examines how the growth of China’s state media in Africa is changing journalism and perceptions of the continent. Available after the jump. (more…)
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What metrics measure the Middle Kingdom?
Toothpaste, pet food and tyres are a handful of exports from China that have had their provenance questioned in recent years. Add to that list the country’s impressive GDP figures, which have telegraphed two decades of extraordinary economic growth. (more…)
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How to bring 3D into your living room
The following guide was written while on a work placement in Guardian Money. It was spiked but some of the information might come in handy in the run-up to Christmas so I have reposted it here. All information and prices were correct at the time of this blog post.
Thanks to 3dstereopics of Flickr The UK faces another telly revolution as the 3D bandwagon begins to pick up speed. Content in the new format is already available by satellite, cable or disc and the BBC has plans to film parts of the 2012 London Olympics in 3D for future airing. And for budding James Camerons, digital camcorders capable of capturing 3D film are now on the market. Getting your living room ready for 3D is not cheap though and there are myriad options so here is our guide to what you need and the costs involved. (more…)
