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China Tells Brits: the Right to Electricity Is More Important than Giving Up Coal

Nov. 16, 2021—Britain’s Reuters, naturally, asked at China’s Foreign Ministry press briefing yesterday for a response to COP26 President Alok Sharma’s menacing statement that “China and India need to explain to developing nations why they watered down language on efforts to phase out coal at COP26.” Spokesman Zhao Lijian concluded his reply with this:

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