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i don't think china is the example you want to point to on that...
https://e360.yale.edu/features/china-renewable-energy
Ah yes I also forgot India.
But yes, China:
https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-worlds-coal-power-plants/
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/02/27/energy/china-new-coal-plants-climate-report-intl-hnk/index.html/
https://www.carbonbrief.org/china-responsible-for-95-of-new-coal-power-construction-in-2023-report-says/
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/climate/coal-plants-china.html
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/02/1160441919/china-is-building-six-times-more-new-coal-plants-than-other-countries-report-fin
Renewable energy means nothing if you're also poisoning the planet now does it?
https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-per-capita/
The Eastern Block states simply aren't to blame here. They have low per capita emissions and large populations.
China, in particular, is right on target thanks to its all-options energy growth strategy.
China is one of the world's largest producers of nuclear power. The country ranks third in the world both in total nuclear power capacity installed and electricity generated, accounting for around one tenth of global nuclear power generated.