China hinted that its carbon reduction initiatives would now move at a cautious pace, after the communist regime’s leader Xi Jinping said that carbon-cutting goals should not come at the expense of the “normal life” of ordinary people. His words come at a time when Beijing has continued to produce coal at a record pace, while experts are questioning whether the Chinese regime could actually fulfill its goals of achieving carbon peak before 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060, promises made by Xi in September 2020. “Reducing emissions is not about reducing productivity, and it is not about not emitting at all,” Xi told other top Chinese officials at a Politburo meeting on Jan. 24, according to China’s state-run news outlet Xinhua. Xi said China needed to “overcome the notion of quick success” and carbon reduction needed to proceed “in an orderly manner and step by step.” “We must stick …