On the other hand only 3% of China's electricity comes from natural gas whereas 43% of US electricity does. When combined coal and gas provide about 62% of Chi

On the other hand only 3% of China's electricity comes from natural gas whereas 43% of US electricity does. When combined coal and gas provide about 62% of China's electricity and 58% of US electricity. (Sources differ slightly on percentages. When you add in all fossil fuel electricity sources, China and the US get about the same percentage of electricity from them). It is this way because China has plenty of coal and very little natural gas, whereas the US thanks to fracking has a lot of natural gas and it is much cheaper than coal so since then gas has rapidly replace coal. That's the static picture. Now look at the first derivative. China is not just massively ahead at building renewables, they are massively ahead at building support infrastructure. Look at UHV transmission lines for example: China has 60 000 km, quite a bit ahead of the 0 km in the US.