Simply sign up to the Chinese economy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. China is approving plans for new coal power plant capacity at the fastest rate since 2015, in a sign that ...

China's economic recovery post-Zero Covid policy is leading to a renewed push for energy security, causing significant demand for Australian coal imports and a rise in inflation rates globally.

China has played a diminished role in global coal markets in 2022 as the country's repeated lockdowns to stem the spread of COVID-19 curtailed industry and other coal-burning activities.

Like many countries, China’s economy is recovering from a slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Unlike many countries, China is using coal to do so.

China has played a diminished role in global coal markets in 2022 as the country's repeated lockdowns to stem the spread of COVID-19 curtailed industry and other coal-burning activities.

Authorities in China are attempting to boost coal supply amid record-high prices and shortages of electricity that have led to power rationing across the country.

China’s coal-fired power plants operate at about half their capacity on average, but building more creates jobs and economic activity, said Greenpeace’s Li.

China recorded its biggest increase in total energy consumption and coal use in a decade in 2021, as the economy recovered from COVID-19 slowdown a year earlier, data from the country's statistics ...