Power outages in N-E China an indication of bitter winter ahead
Residents rant on social media as electricity supply cut due to coal shortage, bad weather
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Elizabeth Law China Correspondent In Beijing, Elizabeth Law
Over the weekend, residents in parts of north-eastern China found themselves without electricity, as the country's power crunch started to hit people right where they live.
Many took to social media to complain, posting pictures of darkened housing estates and streets that were quickly erased by China's censors. To gain more traction, some even hijacked a hashtag celebrating the return of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou from Canada after the end of her US extradition fight.
