Chinese Farms Get a Boost from Solar

What will China do with all its solar panels? Many of them, it turns out, are going on farms — turning sheep pens and fish ponds into green energy hubs. In this episode, reporter Peiyue Wu and features editor Tom Mitchell discuss why Chinese entrepreneurs are combining solar farms with actual farms. It checks two important boxes for Beijing: boosting green industry, and increasing agricultural output. But for crayfish farmers, it's a creative scheme to boost sales.  Read Peiyue's article here: https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/10/18/dual-use-farms/  We also have a clip from our Q&A with Seth Center, a former State Department official in the Biden administration who led the first talks with China on AI: https://www.thewirechina.com/2026/10/22/seth-center-on-talking-to-china-about-ai-risk/ Subscribe to our free newsletter: www.thewirechina.com/newsletter/