Winds of change blow through China as spending on renewable energy soars
World's biggest polluter spends £4bn a year on wind and solar power generation in single region as it aims to cut fossil fuel use
The remote, wind-blasted desert of northwestern Gansu could be the most unloved, environmentally abused corner of China. It is home to the country's first oilfield and several of the coalmines and steel...
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