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Clean Coal and The Two Faces of China's Coal Industry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Andrew DeWit  and
Jonathan Watts
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We present two perspectives on coal, alternative energy, and the future of China's industrialization in light of claims that its salvation lies in clean coal. Can advanced techniques for reducing carbon emissions in coal usher in the new wave of industrialization in China or elsewhere? Or is it new green technologies such as wind and solar power that will spearhead the next industrial revolution and transform the prospects for industry and the environment in the coming decades?

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 7 , Issue 51 , December 2009 , e2
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