A food safety factory shutdown has Americans hunting for baby formula. Readying themselves for a covid-19 lockdown, Chinese in Beijing emptied store shelves. Emerging from lockdown, some in Shanghai are visiting well-provisioned markets. U.S.-China agricultural trade is booming, but many are still being left hungry. Food security, sustainability and safety remain issues.
Energy
Burke and Pomeranz, eds., The Environment and World History, 2009
January 1, 2009
Matthew Evenden reviews the book for H-HistGeog, March 2010.
Congressional Research Service, "China’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Mitigation Policies," Sept. 10, 2008
September 10, 2008
A background report of China's greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation policies.
U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, "Hearing: China's Energy Policies and Their Environmental Impacts," August 13, 2008
August 13, 2008
This hearing was conducted by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on August 13, 2008. The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission was created by the U.S. Congress in 2000 to monitor, investigate, and submit to Congress an annual report on the national security implications of the economic relationship between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.
U.S. Energy Information Administration, “Country Analysis Briefs: Taiwan,” August 2008
August 1, 2008
Taiwan does not have substantial domestic energy resources and must import the vast majority of its needs.
Congressional Research Service, "China's 'Soft Power' in Southeast Asia," January 4, 2008
January 4, 2008
Report prepared by Thomas Lum, Wayne Morrison, and Bruce Vaughn, specialists in Asian Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division.
State Council, “China’s Energy Conditions and Policies,” Dec. 26, 2007
December 26, 2007
Edward Steinfeld, Testimony on International Issues, Engaging Developing Countries, House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing, March 27, 2007
March 27, 2007
Steinfeld is Associate Professor of Political Science and Co-Director, China Energy Group, Industrial Performance Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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