China to become world’s top energy consumer
Economy
10:28 21/07/2010

China to become world’s top energy consumer

 

China has overtaken the United States to become the world's top energy consumer for the first time, a new report says. Provisional figures from the International Energy Agency indicate that China's energy demand has doubled in a decade.
The IEA said China had taken first place because it was hit less hard than the US by the global financial crisis.
China challenged the report's findings, saying its figures were unreliable.
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