
Xiaoying You
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Award-winning climate journalist; proud Shanghainese speaker; 吴语, 普通话, English, español. Views are my own.
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Joined July 2008
The top five markets of China's Belt and Road Initiative — Pakistan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, and Malaysia — could see “substantial growth” in wind and solar projects over the next decade. Read my latest piece in @semafor.
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Renewables beat fossil fuels in China’s overseas power projects last year.
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China has taken a major step towards completely removing state-guaranteed purchases for wind and solar power.
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Beijing orders all provinces to establish market-based pricing mechanisms by the end of this year
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Check out what to know about China's overarching energy law, which kicked in on January 1, in my new report for @CipherClimate.
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China has just approved a set of sweeping new energy regulations that will set the tone for the country’s future energy development.
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China is set to reveal its post-peak emission-cutting targets for the first time in its upcoming climate targets to the UN, an important event for its - and the world's - fight against climate change. Read my latest for @semafor.
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Beijing is set to reveal its post-peaking roadmap for the first time.
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The Earth is getting warmer. It's also getting drier. This means island nations are not only facing rising sea levels, but also a crisis to their (already limited) land due to human activity and climate change. Check out my latest via
dialogue.earth
From the Philippines to Saint Kitts and Nevis, tropical islands are grappling with degradation, drought and desertification
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My third dispatch from Riyadh via @ClimateHome. Something for all to think about while a land crisis unfolds beneath our feet.
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Countries including the US successfully resisted Africa’s push for a legally binding drought protocol at the “land COP” in Riyadh
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My new dispatch from COP16 in Saudi Arabia for @CarbonBrief.
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China’s effort to build large solar power “bases” in and around the desert is a major part of its current renewable plan.
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A Saudi environmental official told me that the potential for Chinese companies is “huge” in the country because it can act as their gateway into the Middle East and beyond. My dispatch from Riyadh for @caixin.
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Solar glass and tree-planting robots are some of the products Chinese firms are pushing in the kingdom
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China’s solar industry is facing a major reshuffle in the wake of stricter rules aimed at curbing the breakneck expansion of manufacturing capacity and boosting product quality, according to a solar expert. My latest via @caixin.
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Government aims to curb expansion with regulation requiring additional projects to take on less debt and have higher quality products
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Unbearable heat in China’s megacities reveals the future many of us face, but also suggests ways we can adapt. My first feature for the @newscientist.
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Unbearable heat in China’s megacities reveals the future many of us face, but also suggests ways we can adapt
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China’s “new three” — a nickname for solar cells, electric vehicles (EVs) and lithium batteries — “will be on the front line” to take any hit from the looming policy shift under Trump, an adviser to Chinese firms told me in this report for @CipherClimate.
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The 2024 U.S. election results mean uncertainty — and potential opportunities — to Chinese firms and researchers.
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I learned loads while writing this report about China's ultra-high-voltage transmission lines for @BBC_Future. Special thanks to @india_bourke, @Martha_Rosamund and @chalkmark.
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China produces more clean energy than any other country. Now it's rolling out an ultra-high-voltage grid to match – will its strategy of going big pay off?
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The "little electric donkeys" may be the most successful type of EVs China has rolled out. I explained what they are and how their Chinese manufacturers are looking to extend their dominance globally for @semafor.
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Western policymakers are fretting over China-made cars, but its two-wheelers are even more dominant domestically.
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My debut report with @TableBriefings looks at China's stance over climate finance ahead of COP29.
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When I signed up to attend a hydrogen and fuel-cell trade show in Shanghai in September, I expected it to be a relatively dry affair. What I didn’t expect was the palpable enthusiasm about this highly technical topic. My observations for @CipherClimate:
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Hydrogen executives and researchers talked about conquering technological bottlenecks and slashing costs at a recent trade show.
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The global wind and solar investment landscape is expected to reverse starting 2028. The rest of the world is projected to spend a combined $560 billion that year, beating the current leader China’s $509 billion, per new data. Read this on @caixin.
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Other economies have increased their spending on domestic industries in response to China’s rapid capacity growth and competitive pressure, according to Rystad Energy
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Chinese companies have swarmed into the EU, particularly Spain, to open renewable hydrogen factories. But it may be harder for them to gain as big of an advantage in hydrogen as they have in solar. My latest via @CipherClimate.
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Several top manufacturers have flocked to Spain to open renewable hydrogen factories.
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China is expected to lead a global renewable boom through the next six years, according to the IEA. But how easy is it to integrate renewable energy into the power grid? Check today's centre piece report in @caixin, written by me.
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China’s power grid will come under increasing pressure as the country’s renewables surge continues, according to a recent IEA report
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