In what looks like a counter offensive against the G7 over funding to cut fossil fuels, China has now put together a $13.8 billion package for the Philippines renewables sector, pushing solar, wind and energy storage from 9 separate Chinese companies. If it adopts a similar strategy for most of its belt and road countries, it would lead to huge global Chinese renewables installations. This is perhaps the approach that China should take, investing directly in Asian and African infrastructure to give it political influence over policy, rather than its approach in Taiwan, which is basically to threaten invasion. The Philippines has only just reached 100% of homes having electricity, but still less than 50% have clean cooking facilities, which…