Hotznplotzn, hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org

“Planners have set a deadline for coal consumption to peak no later than 2030

Dude, do you understand the difference between ‘to peak’ and ‘to phase out’?

That aside, even if the coal’s share of the power mix was less than half in China in June, the total volume of coal-generated electricity has increased. This is not good news.

But there is no coal exit strategy in China.

And let me say that it’s not that you are wrong. We all tell bullshit from time to time. What’s absolutely weird and unacceptable is your way to communicate and your tonality. It’s this complete disconnected world view and often ridiculously false narratives paired with a weirdly stubborn I-know-it-better-than-anyone-else attitude.

I end this discussion now. Believe whatever you want.

China continuing their trajectory to start phasing coal out in 2030

China still lacks a coherent coal exit strategy. There is also no clear commitment in the current 15th five-year plan to call a halt to coal expansion (while it says that fossil fuel energy consumption would increase by 8-10%, reversing the slow-down in fossil fuel energy consumption during the 14th FYP period). This comes form the Chinese Communist Party.

You are making unfounded statements out of literally nothing, sometimes even in direct contradiction to the Chinese government itself. What you are saying is complete fantasy.

The way to turn everything into a “China good” narrative just to keep the propaganda going is really hilarious.

China’s coal production fell in June by almost 10% only as a result of a coal mine explosion in the Shanxi province in late May. As the country is temporarily not able to produce enough coal itself, it increased its June imports by more than 30% (while coal production in June fell just 10%).

In the first half-year 2026, the 1.7% increase of Chinese coal imports perfectly matched the country’s 1.7% production decline (which was, again, only due to a coal mine explosion rather than a deliberate policy decision).

Overall fossil power generation in China rose 0.5% year-on-year in June and 2% in Q2.

Nothing here is ‘good’.

You can criticise both approaches just fine - and you should.

The vast majority of such comments here on Lemmy are just whataboutism. It works only in one direction: If you criticize China, someone comes up with the U.S. or the EU or the ‘West’, but it never goes the other way around. And it comes mostly from accounts that never criticize China. It ends up being a “The West bad, China bad okay’ stance.

I wished we could avoid whataboutism.

TikTok U.S. Joint Venture LLC is only overseeing TikTok’s operations in the U.S., everywhere else Tiktok is still owned by Bytedance in China.

They also have universal healthcare.

While almost all citizens are covered by a basic health insurance, public health insurance generally only covers about half of medical costs, with the proportion being lower for serious or chronic illnesses. China’s universal health care insurance is by far behind many Western systems.

This was Chinese propaganda, perfectly timed around International Workers’ Day on 1 May. It wasn’t a law, though, but a court ruling that spread across media back then, although it has been widely misinterpreted.

The Chinese court ruling doesn’t change that trend [of automation moving from blue-collar to white-collar industries], Moshe Lander, an economics professor at the Canadian Concordia University said at the time:

Indeed, the Chinese ruling doesn’t forbid companies from using AI to automate certain roles held by humans […] Workers, the ruling says, “should also understand the strategic development needs of enterprises, continuously update and improve their professional skills through continuous learning, proactively adapt to the changes in artificial intelligence technology, promote the efficient application of AI technology in production practices, and foster a win-win situation of personal career growth and efficient enterprise development.”

Lander said the ruling, which was issued ahead of China’s Labour Day on May 1, was likely a messaging and “self-preservation” exercise for the ruling Chinese Communist Party given the potential widespread impact of AI-led labour disruptions.

“There’s so many potential people that could be caught up in this that the risk of civil unrest, the risk of regime overthrow, is probably much more paramount to them than concern for the actual worker itself,” he said.

[Edit typo.]

It was just a valid remark, it’s no so clear. All good I would say.

I admit this is may not be a typical post for this community, but it’s not about Taiwan but also about China.

So should I delete it? Maybe the moderators and other users can’t comment whether or not they expect such news here.