China funds over a quarter of coal power plants with generating capacity of 399 gigawatts under development outside the nation. Here, Chinese men pull a cart in a neighbourhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China, on November 26, 2015. Photo: Associated Press China funds over a quarter of coal power plants with generating capacity of 399 gigawatts under development outside the nation. Here, Chinese men pull a cart in a neighbourhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China, on November 26, 2015. Photo: Associated Press
China funds over a quarter of coal power plants with generating capacity of 399 gigawatts under development outside the nation. Here, Chinese men pull a cart in a neighbourhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China, on November 26, 2015. Photo: Associated Press
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Chinese firms to build more coal power plants in Asia despite Beijing’s pledge for greener Belt and Road Initiative projects

Topic |   Belt and Road Initiative
Eric Ng
Eric Ng

Updated: 10:57pm, 18 Sep, 2019

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China funds over a quarter of coal power plants with generating capacity of 399 gigawatts under development outside the nation. Here, Chinese men pull a cart in a neighbourhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China, on November 26, 2015. Photo: Associated Press China funds over a quarter of coal power plants with generating capacity of 399 gigawatts under development outside the nation. Here, Chinese men pull a cart in a neighbourhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China, on November 26, 2015. Photo: Associated Press
China funds over a quarter of coal power plants with generating capacity of 399 gigawatts under development outside the nation. Here, Chinese men pull a cart in a neighbourhood next to a coal-fired power plant in Shanxi, China, on November 26, 2015. Photo: Associated Press
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