Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s Sept. 21 claim to the United Nations General Assembly that China “will not build new coal-fired projects abroad” has drawn a range of reactions, including comments on China’s large and growing domestic reliance on coal power. “It’s not the major issue—the major issue is coal plants in China,” said Gordon G. Chang, the author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” in an interview with The Epoch Times. China, already the world’s largest source of greenhouse gas emissions, is financing the equivalent of more than 40 gigawatts of coal power in pre-construction in countries around the world, according to the climate change think tank E3G. Xi’s remarks suggest those projects could be impeded. Yet at home, China reportedly has 247 gigawatts of coal power at some stage of development, greater than all coal power capacity in the United States and roughly six times Germany’s capacity. “In the …