China is replacing Middle East oil with Xinjiang coal. What does it mean for the world?
Source: Scmp
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<p>With the war in Iran choking global oil supplies, China is tapping its 390 billion tonnes of coal reserves to build its own energy source</p> <p>It is late April, and northern Xinjiang is already gripped by scorching heat. Salt flats stretch to the horizon, barren and lifeless, until the monotony