Over the past weekend, The New York Times recited an often-repeated fabrication that China is moving to green energy to power its industries and transportation sector.

First came an editorial which asserted that “Trump’s energy policy weakens America’s global standing by giving a competitive edge to China.”

How so? Because: “China has meticulously grown its clean energy industry with government subsidies and other policies.” And they “now produce 60 percent of the world’s wind turbines and 80 percent of solar panels.”

That last part is true. China has capitalized on the western nation’s infatuation with expensive green energy.

Next came a ridiculous “news story” claiming that China’s EVs and high-speed rail are powered by solar and wind power via massive ultra-high-voltage power lines.

It’s all propaganda. Cato economist Jeremy Horpedahl points out, China isn’t going green. They are all-in on coal power which supplies nearly 60 percent of their electric power!