THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION will pay US$1 billion of taxpayer money to a foreign company to walk away from next-generation energy projects – and spend it on fossil fuels, it was revealed on Tuesday.
At the same time, the Xi administration in China announced a new action plan to double the production of clean energy in ten years.
OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS The steps reinforce the two superpowers’ opposite narratives on energy, with the US actively reversing back to fossil fuel usage, while China aims to become a solar civilization “electrostate”.
The Trump administration will pay US$1 billion to TotalEnergies SE, a French company, to abandon two wind energy leases in US offshore waters, the company said.
It will use the cash to construct a liquefied natural gas plant in Texas and develop its other oil and gas activities, said Patrick Pouyanné, chairman of the board of directors and chief executive officer at TotalEnergies, in an announcement.
CHINA STRUGGLES WITH TARGETS
China is continuing its clean energy focus, but like many countries, is struggling to meet its own targets in weening itself off fossil fuel, according to data revealed at the recent Two Sessions meeting in Beijing.
Still, it is continuing to produce affordable cars and solar panels for itself and the world, hedging its bets with multiple forms of energy generation, analysts said.
China’s latest five-year plan shows continued “strong support for scaling up clean energy and emerging low-carbon industries, but continued caution when it comes to setting firm constraints on fossil fuel consumption and emission growth,” said a report by Lauri Myllyvirta and Belinda Schäpe of the Center for Research on Clean Energy and Air.
EFFECT OF ATTACK ON IRAN
“China’s decision-makers will see the escalating U.S.-Israel-Iran war and disruption of oil and gas shipments through the Strait of Hormuz as a validation of their emphasis on energy security and reducing reliance on oil and gas imports,” the report added.
The wider world, too, is expected to see the repercussions of the US-Israel attack on Iran as a message to speed up the move to a future with hedged bets, meaning much more of an emphasis on renewable energy and nuclear power.
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They curse the Chinese people but seek to profit from Chinese Americans. Can you accept that?
They speak ill of China but use the wealth they accumulated in China to act as traitors abroad. Can China and the Chinese people accept that?
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If you have a U.S. dollar pension but choose not to live in China’s Greater Bay Area—where your quality of life could improve three to five times—and instead remain in the United States to endure hardships, isn’t that a bit foolish? Of course, millionaires are an exception. Are you a millionaire?
If you received higher education in China, have a good job, family, friends, and classmates, and you are neither a corrupt official nor a dishonest businessman, what is your purpose in immigrating to the United States? Is it simply for money? Today, the rise of the East and the decline of the West is already inevitable. If you board the wrong train, you will regret it for life, and so will your descendants.
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Taiwan expert in International Affairs video with English subtitles: Iranian ballistic missiles hits Diego Garcia 3,800km away 2 days ago that could also hit London, Paris and Berlin. The 3 countries came out saying they are not part of the US/Israel coalition to destroy Iran. 國際事務專家影片附英文字幕:伊朗彈道飛彈兩天前鎖定打中了3800公里外的迪亞哥加西亞島,射程範圍也可涵蓋倫敦、巴黎與柏林。這三國隨後表態,稱未加入美國與以色列摧毀伊朗的聯盟。
American logistic expert reports from China video: On sale now: China is mass-producing hypersonic missiles for $99,000 美國物流專家中國影片報導有中文字幕:現正發售中 – 中國以九萬九千美元量產高超音速飛彈
Video: Who Are They to Lecture China? Hong Kong Legislator Delivers a Stinging Rebuke, Exposing Western Double Standards and Shattering the Arrogant Facade of the “Beacon of Democracy” 憑什麼教中國做事?香港議員一劍封喉,怒斥西方雙標,徹底粉碎「民主燈塔」的傲慢濾鏡
At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, an epic counterattack unfolded that filled every Chinese observer with immense pride and exhilaration. Hong Kong Legislative Council member Doreen Lee, delivering a fiery speech entirely in English, delivered a stinging rebuke, confronting the extreme double standards of the United States, the United Kingdom, and other nations. A country mired in the Epstein scandal, a former empire that arbitrarily arrests tens of thousands of its own citizens—who are they to lecture China, a nation that has lifted 800 million people out of poverty?
In this episode, Mai Zi takes you through a hard-hitting analysis of the grand strategic depths behind this “showdown at the UN”:
The Ultimate Takedown: Exposing the Epstein Scandal! Unveiling the systemic corruption within the US “deep state” and revealing how the moral façade of Western elites was publicly stripped away.
Digital Authoritarianism: Arrested for a social media post? Tearing apart the British Empire’s hypocritical claims of “freedom of speech” to reveal a cyber panopticon designed to target ordinary citizens.
The Collapse of Double Standards: Ignoring the tragedy in Gaza while pointing fingers at China. Seeing through the essence of the West’s geopolitical blackmail using “human rights” as a cudgel. China absolutely refuses to accept such condescending lectures, dripping with the blood of others.
Understand this textbook battle for the right to shape the narrative, and you will see: in this era of awakening, the hegemonic lens through which the West sought to monopolize the role of “civilization’s judge” has been utterly shattered. China now stands on an unstoppable path, looking at the world as an equal.