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> Those coal generators will end up as stranded assets (I believe the Chinese term is "tofu dreg"),

Tofu dreg buildings aren't stranded assets, they're (usually) buildings that have such low built quality that they're unusable. I.e having concrete walls you can rip parts out of with a single bare hand, skipping foundation entirely, making the whole thing topple over, creating drains that just end within a few cm etc

It's gonna be spicy if you've got a tofu dreg coal power plant



I am admittedly taking a bit of liberty with the term, in the sense that these plants were built fast and going to be thrown away just as fast. Appreciate the correction.




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