The New York Times writes, "China's president, Xi Jinping, and Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, met in Indonesia on Wednesday, a signal of a continued slight warming in relations that still remain frosty between Asia's two biggest economies...The encounter in Jakarta, the second in the last five months between Mr. Xi and Mr. Abe, was not mentioned beforehand by the Chinese state-run news media, an apparent attempt to play down the meeting's significance. The Chinese news media later reported that the meeting was held at the request of Japan. The two leaders met for about half an hour, about half the customary time for such diplomatic sessions. In Beijing last November, their meeting was also short."
"President Xi Jinping of China on Tuesday concluded an upbeat two-day visit to Pakistan during which he pledged $46 billion worth of energy and infrastructure projects. The ambitious new development plans center on a network of Chinese rail and road projects linking the port of Gwadar, on the Arabian Sea, with Xinjiang Province in western China. But officials say much of the planned funding, up to $37 billion, would go toward fixing Pakistan's dilapidated power infrastructure... That influx could be a huge benefit for the ailing Pakistani economy. But security concerns in the region the Chinese transportation corridor would cut through, the violent breakaway province of Baluchistan, hang over the project," reports The New York Times.
Bloomberg writes, "Hong Kong lawmakers should agree to China's terms for the city's first leadership election, or risk delaying giving citizens the right to vote, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said. Candidates for the 2017 election must be screened by a committee, and there would be a maximum of three people who can stand, the Hong Kong government said Wednesday in its final electoral reform proposal. As many as 10 people could be put forth for the committee to consider, it said, in its only concession to pro-democracy lawmakers. A vote on the proposal would cap Hong Kong's most turbulent year since its return to Chinese rule in 1997, with police last October clashing with tens of thousands of protesters who wanted China to give up its demand to vet candidates."
According to Quartz, "it may be possible for China to shake most of its reliance on fossil fuels, in part by producing more than 85% of its electricity and more than 60% of its total energy needs from renewables by 2050...Showing that it's feasible for China to fully embrace renewables to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions is critical as it heads into the Paris international climate negotiations in December, and as it works to achieve its emissions reductions goals under the climate pact China and the US struck in November. Under the pact, China agreed to peak its greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and increase the use of non-fossil energy by 20%."