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China's machine
Ships, power, robots, reactors and cities: the scale of what China now builds, and where it is slowing.
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Power
China now builds more ships than the rest of the world
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Energy
China now makes more electricity than the US and EU combined
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Technology
China installs more robots than the rest of the world combined
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Energy
China is building half the world's new reactors
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Energy
China switched on 80% of the world's new coal power
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Economy
China's vehicle exports grew sevenfold in five years
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Economy
Six of the world's ten busiest ports are in China
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Cities
China completed six in ten of 2025's new skyscrapers
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Cities
China has more metro track than the next six countries combined
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Power
China refines most of the minerals of the future
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Cities
China's new housing starts have fallen 74% since 2019