China’s Net Zero Surge Shielding Against Possible Fuel Blockades: Nuclear Advocate

Aidan Morrison, energy researcher at the Centre for Independent Studies, said China was ‘unrepentantly’ burning coal.

This aerial photograph shows electric cars for export stacked at the international container terminal of Taicang Port in Suzhou, in China's eastern Jiangsu Province, on April 16, 2024. STR/AFP via Getty Images

A nuclear energy advocate warns Beijing’s massive build-up of EVs and renewables is less an environmental crusade and more a bid to shield itself from a crippling oil chokehold in case of future conflict.

Speaking at the recent 2025 Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum in Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, Chris Keefer, president of Canadians for Nuclear Energy, spoke about Beijing’s net zero 2060 target.