China's Inner Mongolia bets on solar and wind but coal stays close China's Inner Mongolia is expanding both renewable energy and coal use The Independent UK · Jul 2
China has ‘nearly erased’ America’s lead in AI—and the flow of tech experts moving to the U.S. is slowing to a trickle, Stanford report says The U.S.’s $286 billion in private AI investment far exceeds China’s, but America is seeing its lead shrink in performance and talent. Fortune · Apr 16
Coal is back and nuclear is next: The Iran war is rewiring Asia’s energy future A closed Strait of Hormuz is forcing Asia to look backwards—to coal—and forward—to nuclear energy and electric vehicles—simultaneously. Fortune · Mar 29
China's Power Paradox: Record Renewables, Continued Coal Call it the China power paradox: while Beijing leads the world in renewable energy expansion, its coal projects are booming too. International Business Times · Oct 19, 2025
Glimmering Sea Of Solar As China Expands Desert Installation An ocean of blue solar panels ripples across the ochre dunes of Inner Mongolia's Kubuqi desert, a glittering example of China's almost inconceivably mammoth energy transition. International Business Times · Sep 25, 2025
China Solves AI's Biggest Bottleneck – U.S. Faces Power Grid Crisis That Goldman Warns Could 'Severely Choke' Growth Surging artificial intelligence demand faces a "critical bottleneck" according to Goldman Sachs, with the fragile U.S. power grid failing to keep up with monstrous industry growth. In fact, China may have already won the battle for electric power dominance after decades of infrastructure investment, unlike our politically divided country. Benzinga · Sep 4, 2025
AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over China is “set up to hit grand slams,” longtime Chinese energy expert David Fishman told Fortune. “The U.S., at best, can get on base.” Fortune · Aug 14, 2025
China Says Wind And Solar Energy Capacity Exceeds Thermal For First Time China's wind and solar energy capacity has surpassed that of mostly coal-powered thermal for the first time, the national energy body said Friday. International Business Times · Apr 25, 2025
China's Solar Goes From Supremacy To Oversupply Strong state support and huge private investment have made China's solar industry a global powerhouse, but it faces new headwinds, from punitive tariffs abroad to a brutal price war at home. International Business Times · Oct 10, 2024
China's Solar Sector Blazes Trail In Commitment To Renewables Hundreds of rows of gleaming panels blanket swathes of scrubby sand at sunset in a remote northern Chinese desert -- once the biggest solar farm in the world. International Business Times · Aug 28, 2024
China’s coal-fired power boom may be ending amid slowdown in permits Permits for coal-fired power plants drop by 83% despite leading world in construction as focus turns to renewables The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2024
China promised climate action. Its emissions topped US, EU, India combined Beijing’s heavy reliance on coal plants has cast a shadow over global efforts to tackle climate change. Al Jazeera · Aug 30, 2023
Drought, record heat and blackouts test China's faith in renewable energy TAIPEI, Taiwan — With 80% of its electricity coming from hydropower, the province of Sichuan in southern China has been lauded as a model for a clean energy future in the nation most crucial to the worldwide fight against climate change. Los Angeles Times · Sep 14, 2022
Extreme Weather Is Brutalizing Asia Floods, droughts, tropical storms, and heat waves are severely testing the resilience of a region with a lot of vulnerable people. Foreign Policy · Aug 24, 2022
The Times of India · Apr 8, 2022 Covid-19: Shanghai's locked down elite are joining hunt for groceries SHANGHAI: Even the wealthy are struggling to buy food as Shanghai's lockdown drags on.