The world’s first electrostate is emerging

China is moving at a pace the world has never seen. In just the first five months of this year, it added enough new wind and solar capacity to power Indonesia, installing panels at nearly 100 per second. What began as a bid for energy security under Xi Jinping has become both an economic engine and a geopolitical strategy. Clean energy now fuels a tenth of China’s GDP, while its dominance in patents, supply chains, and exports is reshaping the balance of global power. Jackie Snow with Quartz has the full story.