Responding to Chinese Leader Xi, Skeptics Point to China’s Domestic Coal Power Plants

A farmer works in his field next to a state-owned coal-fired power plant in Huainan, Anhui Province, China, on June 15, 2017. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s Sept. 21 claim to the United Nations General Assembly that China “will not build new coal-fired projects abroad” has drawn a range of reactions, including comments on China’s large and growing domestic reliance on coal power.

“It’s not the major issue—the major issue is coal plants in China,” Gordon G. Chang, author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” told The Epoch Times.