<div>In this episode of The Sound of Economics, Yuyun Zhan sits down with Alicia García-Herrero and Ben McWilliams to explore China’s quest for energy self-sufficiency and especially its attempt to become an “electrostate”. Can a country transform its vast energy needs into a strategic advantage; and what does it mean for the world if that country is China? And where does Europe stand in this race?

<strong>Relevant research</strong>
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<li>Alicia García-Herrero and Haoxin Mu, <a href="https://www.bruegel.org/analysis/china-can-decarbonise-world-even-wont-fix-its-overcapacity-problem">China can decarbonise the world – but even that won’t fix its overcapacity problem</a>, Bruegel Analysis, 25 September 2025 </li>
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<a href="https://european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/">European Clean Tech Tracker</a>, Bruegel dataset, Compiled by Marie Jugé, Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Ben McWilliams and Simone Tagliapietra, last updated 3 September 2025</li>
<li> Heussaff, C. and G. Zachmann (2025) ‘<a href="https://www.bruegel.org/policy-brief/upgrading-europes-electricity-grid-about-more-just-money">Upgrading Europe’s electricity grid is about more than just money</a>’, Policy Brief 04/2025, Bruegel</li>
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<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/e1a232c7-52a0-44dd-a13b-c4af54e74282">How we made it: will China be the first electrostate?</a> Financial Times, 20 May 2025</li>
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