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According to information gathered by NASA Earth Observatory, the total installed solar power capacity in Gansu province hit 5.2 gigawatts last year, and the country is targeting an additional half gigawatt by the end of this year.
In recent months, Beijing and Washington have clashed over China's islanding building in the South China Sea and cyber attacks that some have blamed on China.
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An Inconvenient Truth (189,999 followers): China may have a pollution problem, but they're becoming a renewable energy powerhouse. Incredible to watch this grow.
Reuters (2.2m followers): China's leading state newspaper on Saturday hailed the common interests between China and the United States, striking a positive tone days ahead of a key annual bilateral meeting.
Lindsay Gernhardt: Thank you China! Maybe the U.S. will follow.
Samiran Halim: USA is old hero and China is new hero. Both of them need cooperation with peace for better world not war.
Xinhua News Agency (1.2m followers):
The annual China-U.S. Strategic and Economic Dialogue will be held June 23-24 in washington, and is set to be a pivotal occasion for the world largest economies to overcome obstacles and steer bilateral relations steadily forward.
Linda Wasson: (I) traveled across China in 2005 and saw rooftop solar everywhere.
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Robert Rezo: Good things happen when educated men put aside their differences and meet to negotiate. Mush respect China and America.
China and the United States should realize that the targeting of this new relationship is a strategic choice by both sides and requires unremitting efforts despite challenges. The sides have more incentives to enhance communication and cooperation than they do differences.
Joel Cochran: And we are falling behind ... We are still clinging to our fossil fuels, and massive tax subsidies for big oil corps, while the rest of the world is building alternative energy superstructure that will leave US in the dust.
