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      As the world’s second-largest economy, China plays an important role in global energy affairs: Its economic trajectory profoundly affects fuel markets, while state-controlled companies have emerged as indispensable players in industries that provide vital inputs for creating a climate-neutral, electrified economy. In addition, for years the country has been coping with an economic crisis that the leadership thus far was unable to address decisively. Dependence on a dominant supplier with growing economic problems and a legacy of disregarding environmental concerns casts doubt on the premises of EU energy and climate policies. How does this challenge the EU’s imagination of the low-carbon energy transition?