Xi Jinping, Kunming COP15 and China’s escalating power crisis
SCMP, 14 Oct 2021
#China #COP15 #Coal #biodoversity
SCMP reporter Holly Chik presents a podcast looking into the complex storm enveloping China. Echo Xie reports from Kunming and the COP15 Biodiversity conference, where China’s president Xi Jinping announced a $US232 million fund for developing nations to protect biodiversity, a massive expansion of solar and wind power projects and China’s first official national parks. Meanwhile, as floods in Shanxi province shut coal mines, reporter Siqi Ji discusses the ongoing power crisis in China’s northeastern ‘rust belt’ amid concerns and growing anger as the cold winter looms