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  • Trump Was Flattering, Xi Was Resolute. The Difference Spoke Volumes.

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  • U.S. House unanimously passes resolution urging Trump to secure release of detainees in China

    The House on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution urging President Trump to push to secure the release of five people detained in China ... It states that Trump “should prioritize securing the release of Pastor Jin Mingri, Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife Pang Yu, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, and Jimmy Lai detained by the People’s Republic of China during future engagements with Chinese President Xi Jinping.” ...

    The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom notes that Jin was detained in October of last year for his “Christian activity” and role as pastor of the Zion Church. The commission also notes that Chinese authorities accused Gao, pastor of Light of Zion Church, of “using superstition to undermine law enforcement” and his wife, Pang, of “fraud based on the church’s collection of voluntary tithes.”

    Abbas has been detained in China since 2018. Ziba Murat, her daughter, and Rushan Abbas, Murat’s aunt, have long publicly said they believe Dr. Gulshan Abbas was detained in retaliation for Rushan Abbas’s activism against China’s treatment of Uyghurs, including mass incarceration and forced labor.

    And Lai, a high-profile Hong Kong business magnate and democracy advocate, was sentenced to 20 years in prison by Chinese officials back in February.

  • Beijing’s ‘Industrial Policy of Everything’ Leaves Rest of the World in the Dust

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  • Can't read the article as 'no paywall' doesn't remove the paywall.

    There are many good articles on China's industrial policy, though. Almost all economist agree that the country's overcapacity will end where the mercantilism in Europe has ended 300 years ago. It won't end well, particularly not for the Chinese people in the first place.

    China's government has created structural overcapacity in practically all industries, which led to a deflationary period that now last 3 years and a fierce price war among industry players. The consulting firm AlixPartner predicts that only 15 electric vehicle brands in China will be financially viable by 2030. Since 2018, more than 400 EV makers went bankrupt or halted production.

    China heavily depends on foreign exports markets to sell this overcapacity (and its deflation; to the 'tankies' here: no, deflation is not good for the economy). As one analysis says,

    Overproduction generates a negative externality by depressing the aggregate purchasing power of the nation, and by driving down export prices, it erodes China’s terms of trade. It is a situation which economist Jagdish Bhagwati termed as ‘immiserizing growth’ ... Industrial policy [in China] is entangled with geopolitical rivalry, locking Beijing into a ‘chicken game’ of capacity expansion even when it undermines national welfare.

  • China Produces More Coal Than the Rest of the World Combined

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  • China is the largest producer and consumer of coal and coal power in the world, and Beijing has been expanding coal power plant in the country. Beijing has announced that it will increase its fossil fuel energy consumption over the next five years by 8-10% annually. Coal will play an important role here.

    China's coal imports rose 1.5% YoY in Jan-Feb 2026, setting new record

    The figure set a new record for the January-February period, defying expectations that imports could be significantly affected by Indonesia's planned production cuts ... In early January, Indonesia announced plans to reduce its coal production target to around 600 million tonnes in 2026, compared with about 790 million.

    It's noteworthy that China's coal imports largely mirror Indonesian exports.

  • China Produces More Coal Than the Rest of the World Combined

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  • This is not about the people. Key coal-based industries remain central to China’s economy, including coal-to-chemicals, and coal-based hydrogen among others. Among these industries are steel, cement, concrete, of which China produces massive overcapacity no one needs. It is also noteworthy that these 'new' coal-based hydrogens are often framed as green transition strategies (e.g., as 'green steel'), but in reality that's often just rebrand of carbon-emitting energy sources rather than true transformation.

    According to the Chinese Communist Party's recently released 15th five-year plan: compared to the 14th five-year plan, China’s goals for non-fossil energy additions would see China’s annual green energy additions fall by more than half in the next five years, while at the same time, fossil fuel energy consumption would increase by 8-10%.

    So this is not about 'China bad' but rather an objective fact: China is not on track to meet its 2060 carbon neutrality goal, according to climate think tank, Carbon Action Tracker.

  • Germany's coal exit quietly progressing, likely completed by 2032 – researcher

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  • According to the Chinese Communist Party's recently released 15th five-year plan: compared to the 14th five-year plan, China’s goals for non-fossil energy additions would see China’s annual green energy additions fall by more than half in the next five years, while at the same time, fossil fuel energy consumption would increase by 8-10%,

    China is not on track to meet its 2060 carbon neutrality goal, according to climate think tank, Carbon Action Tracker.

  • Germany's coal exit quietly progressing, likely completed by 2032 – researcher

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  • China Produces More Coal Than the Rest of the World Combined

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  • No one is driving this demand. Coal in steel, cement and concrete remains a major source of industrial fuel demand, and China is producing massive overcapacity in all these products. China counts for more than half of the world's steel production, for example, beyond what global demand suggests would be the appropriate.

  • China Produces More Coal Than the Rest of the World Combined

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  • @pulsewidth@lemmy.world

    Once that chart is updated for 2025 data it will show that China’s fossil fuel use actually decreased in 2025 over 2024 for the first time ever,

    According to the Chinese Communist Party's recently released 15th five-year plan: compared to the 14th five-year plan, China’s goals for non-fossil energy additions would see China’s annual green energy additions fall by more than half in the next five years, while at the same time, fossil fuel energy consumption would increase by 8-10%,

    China is not on track to meet its 2060 carbon neutrality goal, according to climate think tank, Carbon Action Tracker.

  • China Produces More Coal Than the Rest of the World Combined

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  • China Produces More Coal Than the Rest of the World Combined

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  • Germany's coal exit quietly progressing, likely completed by 2032 – researcher

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  • Germany's coal exit quietly progressing, likely completed by 2032 – researcher

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  • Iran war is fueling China’s clean energy surge ahead of Trump-Xi talks

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  • The Iran war may 'fueling China's clean energy surge' (don't know what the Trump-Xi talks have to do with it), but China has not displaced coal, the most polluting fossil fuel.

    China consumes over 50% of global coal supply, supposedly because coal is the only fossil fuel it doesn't have to import and it wants to maintain energy self-sufficiency. In January and February 2026 alone, China added 20 gigawatts of coal-fired power capacity.

    This partly explains why China is not on track to meet its 2060 carbon neutrality goal, according to climate think tank, Carbon Action Tracker. And it will not get better, according to the Chinese Communist Party's recently released 15th five-year plan: compared to the 14th five-year plan, China’s goals for non-fossil energy additions would see China’s annual green energy additions fall by more than half in the next five years, while at the same time, fossil fuel energy consumption would increase by 8-10%,

    This is about to reverse the slow-down in fossil fuel energy consumption during the 14th five-year plan period.

    But OP is spreading their propaganda.

  • Iran war is fueling China’s clean energy surge ahead of Trump-Xi talks

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  • The Iran war may 'fueling China's clean energy surge' (don't know what the Trump-Xi talks have to do with it), but China has not displaced coal, the most polluting fossil fuel.

    China consumes over 50% of global coal supply, supposedly because coal is the only fossil fuel it doesn't have to import and it wants to maintain energy self-sufficiency. In January and February 2026 alone, China added 20 gigawatts of coal-fired power capacity.

    This partly explains why China is not on track to meet its 2060 carbon neutrality goal, according to climate think tank, Carbon Action Tracker. And it will not get better, according to the Chinese Communist Party's recently released 15th five-year plan: compared to the 14th five-year plan, China’s goals for non-fossil energy additions would see China’s annual green energy additions fall by more than half in the next five years, while at the same time, fossil fuel energy consumption would increase by 8-10%,

    This is about to reverse the slow-down in fossil fuel energy consumption during the 14th five-year plan period.

    But OP is spreading their propaganda.

  • ‘The only thing that terrifies me is BYD’: Politicians quake at Chinese EVs

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  • Please read the comment before responding.

  • Death toll in attack on Kyiv apartment building now stands at 24, including three children

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  • Beijing now has strong new powers to punish firms for pulling manufacturing out of China.

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  • Chinese authorities can now retaliate against foreign firms that move factories to countries like Vietnam or India, or reshore production back home.

    According to the Chinese government, it is now a criminal act if you move your supply chain to out of China.

    Here is a comprehensive report by Safeguard Defenders, "New rules give China more excuses to enforce exit bans on foreigners."

    Article 16 of the State Council Provisions on Industrial and Supply Chain Security (国务院关于产业链供应链安全的规定) and Article 17 of the Regulations on Countering Improper Extraterritorial Jurisdiction by Foreign States (反外国不当域外管辖条例) both explicitly mention exit bans as one of several actions that can be taken (including fines and criminal prosecution).

    The language of both regulations is expansive and vague. But it appears that companies, and people who work for them, can get in trouble if they:

    • Collect sensitive supply chain data and other information,

    • Take any action that harms China’s supply chains (such as moving business out of China),

    • Do not cooperate with investigations, which may include handing over a company’s own sensitive data, and

    • Follow or help enforce foreign government sanctions or restrictions against China.

  • Iran urges BRICS nations to condemn war, Indian-flagged vessel sunk

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  • BRICS - if it has ever been something real - is dead imo.

  • ‘The only thing that terrifies me is BYD’: Politicians quake at Chinese EVs

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  • @hperrin@lemmy.ca

    Whataboutism?

    Do you understand that some information in your own link proves that there is no difference between Tesla and BYD, or any other Chinese EV makers?

    As the Wikipedia page says,

    Tesla has won 90% of cases they have brought against Tesla customers in China. Customers have alleged that Tesla received preferential treatment from the Chinese judicial system which is not impartial and is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.

    In addition to the link in the Wikipedia article (footnote 208), you may be also interested in a story by AP on a Chinese citizen who criticized Tesla, Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages,

    ... Tesla has pioneered an aggressive legal strategy and leveraged the patronage of powerful leaders in China’s ruling Communist Party to silence critics, reap financial rewards and limit its accountability ...

    It is important to recognize that in 2023, Elon Musk pledges Tesla to China’s ‘core socialist values’ to avert EV price war,

    China’s government has solicited a truce among its top EV manufacturers, with Elon Musk’s Tesla being the only foreign firm to sign the joint letter committing to the country’s “core socialist values” ... Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk, along with 15 other automakers, including BYD (Tesla’s biggest Chinese rival), signed the joint letter at a motor conference in Shanghai on Thursday. The contents of the letter align with China’s ruling Communist Party and President Xi Jinping.

    The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology constructed a joint letter targeting unfair fluctuating prices for the leading EV makers in the world’s largest car market.