The Huawei of green energy: How China's Goldwind is taking over the turbine world
Backed by the towering hammer and sickle and the plush gold and red drapes of the Great Hall of the People, Xi Jinping stood at the podium and laid out his vision.
"We have devoted serious energy to ecological conservation," he said, sternly. "As a result, the entire party and the whole country have become more purposeful and active in pursuing green development."
As the most powerful man in China addressed his comrades in Beijing, all around the country engineers toiled to build what has become the largest army of wind turbines found anywhere in the world.
Nowhere is this more evident than in Xinjiang, a remote northeastern province located near the borders with Kazakhstan and Mongolia.
The vast expanse of arid land is...
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