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China's retreat from foreign investment in coal fired power as much about geopolitics as climate change

By Editorial
Updated September 24 2021 - 4:47pm, first published 10:00am
China is 90 per cent self-sufficient for coal. Picture: China, 2018
China is 90 per cent self-sufficient for coal. Picture: China, 2018

A PLEDGE to the United Nations by Chinese President Xi Jinping that his nation would stop funding foreign coal projects has attracted worldwide attention.

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