Oh you're correct, the same thing is happening in India without any of the nonsense fanfare.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-coal-power-drops-in-chi...

https://www.carbonbrief.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/span-...

You can see the same dips hit at the same time for the same reason.

In terms of Chinese coal though there's a reason boosters always talk about percentages and not absolute number... one goes down, but the other keeps rising. Even if China continues on the current course in terms of tonnage burned they won't reach "peak coal" until at least 2030.