◆China overtakes US as world's biggest energy consumer?
◆Energy use is closely related to carbon dioxide emissions, economic expansion and the global balance of power. The US has been the world's biggest energy user since records began.
◆The Chinese government has challenged the figure, but the trend is unmistakable.
◆A recent China Daily article reported Premier Wen Jiabao as saying that China’s energy intensity had fallen by 14.38 per cent between 2005 and 2009, which would put the country on track to come close to if not hit its 20 per cent target with a year still to go.