BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior Chinese official on Tuesday refuted the International Energy Agency's report that China had overtaken the United States as the world's largest energy consumer.
The IEA has had a relatively high estimate of China's energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, said Zhou Xian, spokesperson for China's top energy agency, but declined to give alternative estimates.
(Reporting by Chen Aizhu; Writing by Lucy Hornby; Editing by Ken Wills)
