However you may try to put lipstick on a pig, the core of the matter is unchanged. China's coal use decreased, and they barely install any nuclear compared to renewables.
For example China has strongly expanded in making liquid fuels from coal.
"China consumes about 380 million metric tons of coal as a feedstock for chemical and liquid fuel production, representing about 8% of the country’s total coal consumption of 4,939 million metric tons."
The amount of coal that China uses only as a feedstock for chemical and liquid fuel production is bigger than total coal consumption in Europe or total coal consumption in US.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coal-power-drops-in-chi...
Coal has many uses in China in comparison with US
https://www.iea.org/countries/china/coal
https://www.iea.org/countries/united-states/coal
For example China has strongly expanded in making liquid fuels from coal.
"China consumes about 380 million metric tons of coal as a feedstock for chemical and liquid fuel production, representing about 8% of the country’s total coal consumption of 4,939 million metric tons."
The amount of coal that China uses only as a feedstock for chemical and liquid fuel production is bigger than total coal consumption in Europe or total coal consumption in US.
https://thecoalhub.com/china-consumes-almost-400-mt-of-coal-...
https://asiatimes.com/2025/07/chinas-climate-gambit-bet-on-c...