Freeze is causing power outages
By Wang Qian in Beijing and Cao Li in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2009-11-19 07:59
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A farmer picks chrysanthemums partly damaged by rain and snow in Lantian county, Huangshan of East China's Anhui province, on Tuesday. Chrysanthemum tea produced in Huangshan, where the Huangshan Mountain is located, is famous in China. Shi Guangde |
Unusually cold weather and the resulting soaring energy consumption for heating have caused power outages and shortages of natural gas in parts of central and eastern China.
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