The whole story of the China Southern Power Grid Weibo incident

Can China decarbonize the southern power grid by 2060?

Decarbonization of the Southern Power Grid in China is feasible by 2060 but requires converting a large cropland area to support solar and wind energy; expansion of hydropower will impact the transboundary rivers according to a power system optimization model set up for 2020–2060.

Why was the Weibo train crash important?

The Wenzhou train crash was the Weibo generation’s coming-out party to the world, showing how, far from being cowed and brainwashed by years of Communist propaganda, young Chinese citizens were sick of corruption and bureaucratic ineptitude, and clamoring for change.

Who are the big Vs on Weibo?

A small coterie of influential Weibo bloggers—including the real-estate tycoon Pan Shiyi and the venture capitalist Charles Xue, known as the Big Vs for the “verified account” labels by their names—began posting air-quality data published daily by the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

What did China's high-speed rail system symbolize in the 2010s?

At the start of the 2010s, few things better symbolized China’s changing fortunes and new prosperity than the country’s high-speed rail system. Beginning in 2007, Chinese trains, previously a “symbol of backwardness,” were replaced by sleek, gleaming white carriages capable of traveling upwards of 200 kilometers an hour.

Which CSPG basins are covered by a hydropower simulation?

The simulation covers six basins across the CSPG, i.e., Mekong, Nujiang, Yangtze, Yuan and Red, Pearl, and QSGCRB, which encompass more than 120 GW of existing hydropower capacity and 32 GW of projected hydropower capacity 58 (Table S14).

Who is China's new Internet Tsar Lu Wei?

China’s new internet tsar, Lu Wei, met with the Big Vs and laid out “seven bottom lines” for them to follow online. In particular, they had a responsibility to tell the truth, uphold the law and socialist ideals, and protect state interests and social order.