> It is deceptive to compare coal % of power generation

It isn't, because coal emits significantly more CO2 per unit electricity than natural gas, since it's pure carbon instead of a hydrocarbon, and therefore should be getting discontinued by everyone rather than installed by anyone.

The "it's a developing country" arguments seem like a dodge when the real reason is that they'd rather emit 80% more CO2 so they can burn coal instead of buying oil or building enough nuclear and renewables to not do either one.

> This also means those coal plants run at lower/decreasing utilization because a big part of their role is to provide dispatchability.

Those percentages are for power actually generated and already take into account capacity factor.

> you will also find that lower per-capita consumption more than compensates for currently still higher CO2 intensity of chinese electricity

What excuse is that for burning coal? Should Germany and the UK be justified in burning more coal too, since they have lower electricity consumption per capita than China?