Age: The historic fall in China's coal use is a clear and consistent trend and should be factored in by business, including in Australia, one of the world's leading experts on Chinese environment policy says.
Professor Qi Ye, director of the Brookings-Tsinghua Centre in Beijing, told Fairfax Media the stalling of growth in China's consumption of coal for power reflected the current development strategy of the national government.
Observers of China have been striving to interpret an 18-month fall...