This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.npr.org/2019/04/29/716347646/why-is-china-placing-a-global-bet-on-coal) reduced by 92%. (I'm a bot)
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&gt; China Building Hundreds Of Coal-Fired Power Plants Abroad China has taken dramatic steps to fight climate change, including shutting major coal power plants.

&gt; Edward Cunningham, a specialist on China and its energy markets at Harvard University, tells NPR that China is building or planning more than 300 coal plants in places as widely spread as Turkey, Vietnam, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Egypt and the Philippines.

&gt; In one sense, China&amp;#039;s push for coal is not surprising: China knows how to build coal plants.


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