But no country has come close to matching the scale and tenacity of China’s support. The proof is in the production: In 2022, Beijing accounted for 85 percent of all clean-energy manufacturing investment in the world, according to the International Energy Agency.

Now the United States, Europe and other wealthy nations are trying frantically to catch up.

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      There are a lot of other things China does, including:

      • Free/cheap land for factories
      • Assurances that a market will be available for the resulting product
      • Low-interest loans to businesses in favored industries
      • Grants to businesses in favored industries
      • Assurances that a market for the product will exist
      • Barriers to purchasing from abroad

      Some of these can be replicated in the west without impinging on freedom in any kind of meaningful way