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China’s power supply is struggling as winter temperatures plunge. Is the ban on Australian coal to blame?
In China, the prospect of resource scarcity is largely thought to be a thing of the past.
Key points:
- Millions of people in central and eastern China have had power outages
- Authorities say this is party due to unseasonably cold weather and coal shortages
- This comes as China has significantly restricted Australian coal imports
But this month, power outages have returned to some parts of the country, conjuring memories of China’s old command economy, where resource rationing was a part of daily life.
Chinese social media has seen tens of thousands of posts complaining about the new electricity restrictions in the country’s central and eastern provinces of Hunan and Zhejiang, which have been viewed more than 150 million times on the platform…
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