How Beijing Is quietly infiltrating Western energy systems
How Beijing Is quietly infiltrating Western energy systems
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China’s grip on global energy runs deeper than most realize. In Portugal, a Chinese state firm became the largest shareholder of its top power company. In Spain and Portugal, a massive blackout in April 2025 raised red flags. In the U.S., the PJM power grid—which serves Washington D.C. and 65 million Americans—quietly runs on a Chinese-developed control system built by Tsinghua University. Despite passing security checks, its presence reveals a deeper vulnerability: critical infrastructure in the West increasingly depends on technology linked to the Chinese Communist Party. What happens when geopolitical rivalry meets the power switch?
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