- Transatlantic bloc should not be swayed by ‘lies and rumours’ about China, Foreign Minister Wang Yi tells Nato chief in rare phone call
- Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg raises concerns about China’s nuclear arsenal and lack of military transparency, and urges arms control talks
Over half of mainland China’s 31 provincial-level jurisdictions are rationing electricity as they race to meet Beijing’s annual emissions reduction targets, but analysts are also pointing to the rising price of thermal coal.