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China is definitely pushing on renewables and battery tech, and that's good.
It must be said it's not purely done out of concern for the planet, there's lots of strategic thinking about it regarding energy independence given that China imports a lot of oil.
China is playing all sides. They're investing in renewables because it's the way forward. They're building coal plants because it gives them on-demand power today. It's using it's oil reserves because it keeps oil prices down during the SoH fiasco, and it gives them a lot of international power because they could reverse that decision overnight.
Above all things, China is strategic.