Can china clean up after the aluminium king?: Retiring China's captive coal plants used in aluminium production would make a big difference to carbon emissions. But it's proving difficult

WHEN ZHANG SHIPING died at the age of 72 in 2019, he was one of the wealthiest people in China. Bloomberg listed the entrepreneur as China's 36th-richest person, with a net wealth of $4.7bn. When Pi Taitian, Secretary of the Zouping Municipal Party committee, helped to unveil a huge memorial to him last May, he said he hoped his legacy, to “start business for the country and bring benefits to the people”, would continue.