Posted on 09/27/2021 5:11:00 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Residents in north-east China are experiencing unannounced power cuts, as an electricity shortage which initially hit factories spreads to homes.
People living in Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces have complained on social media about the lack of heating, and lifts and traffic lights not working.
Local media said the cause was a rise in coal prices leading to short supply.
The country is highly dependent on coal for power.
One power company said it expected the power cuts to last until spring next year, and that unexpected outages would become "the new normal". Its post, however, was later deleted.
The energy shortage at first affected manufacturers across the country, many of whom have had to curb or stop production in recent weeks.
But over the weekend residents in some cities saw their power cut intermittently as well, with the hashtag "North-east electricity cuts" and other related phrases trending on Twitter-like social media platform Weibo.
The extent of the blackouts is not yet clear, but nearly 100 million people live in the three provinces.
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Sounds like the CCP attempting to cure some problem by creating another ... again ...
China is trying to ‘teach Australia a lesson’ by not buying their coal.
Sounds like it might be backfiring on them a bit.
Actually, I first read about blackouts a week or more ago, and in the southeast — Guangzhou, for example.
Not good for the PRC. Guangzhou is a major manufacturing center for nation.
Pei-Ping.
Doing the Biden exit
THAT'S THE POWER OUR COMMIE THUGS IN DC WANT...
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