ANALYSIS: China Hoodwinking the World via Technologically Advanced Coal Mines

China is gaming the climate change agenda through promising emission cuts while developing coal mines to ensure energy reliability

An excavator sift through dunes of low-grade coal near a coal mine in Pingdingshan, Henan province, China, on Nov. 5, 2021. Aly Song/Reuters

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China has persisted in pursuing a policy of modernizing its vast number of coal mines using the latest technologies in a bid to make them more productive, while Western nations are cutting down on traditional energy sources in order to meet climate change goals set by global entities.