No. But likely lower emissions than imported LNG from the US. China is getting off of gas and coal more quickly than anybody else. They installed over 10 times the solar the US did in the first half of the year. They are making progress. Doesn't help to say otherwise, imo.
China's economy is complex so I shouldn't be too hard on them for leading the world in terms of building new fossil fuel infrastructure considering that they're manufacturing so much cleantech. In terms of decarbonizing their economy though, California is the world's leader in that arena.
You can’t say a county is getting off coal more quickly than anyone else when they are basically the only country building coal plants. These units will either cost the Chinese $Bs as stranded assets or will run for decades as various local gov’ts try to make returns on investment.
So if these units cost the Chinese billions in stranded assets (they will), we can say that? Are you implying local governments call the shots in China?
My understanding is that the federal government in China does not have total control over the provincial governments in terms of industrial policies. It's complicated and I'm no expert by any stretch. I recall David Roberts' Volts podcast had a Chinese energy expert on a while back.