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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social

1/2 Caixin: "China’s solar power manufacturers, once the vanguard of the country’s green energy ambitions, are mired in a war of attrition. By mid-2024, prices for polysilicon, wafers, cells and modules had all fallen below production... www.caixinglobal.com/2025-08-26/c...

aug 27, 2025, 5:35 am • 11 10

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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social

2/2 costs, wiping out profits along the supply chain. And complicating the effort further, capacity keeps rising. Domestic polysilicon output increased 5.7% month-on-month in July, with production forecast to rise an additional 16% in August." carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/0...

aug 27, 2025, 5:35 am • 9 4 • view
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teetrix.bsky.social @teetrix.bsky.social

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aug 27, 2025, 7:17 am • 0 0 • view
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tempolila.bsky.social @tempolila.bsky.social

Sounds perverse, but in this case China is really doing the planet something good, unless I am missing something.

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