China is rationing electricity as it struggles to contain its worst power blackouts in a decade.
Long hours of outages are affecting residential areas and shutting factories.
The government has introduced coal rationing and is trying to increase coal imports.
But as Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from Hong Kong, the crisis is a result of several factors that are not easily solved.
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Finally bogus economy is coming to light
They still richer than all of the countries, lol, except for the US of course. You guys have a space program? Didn’t think so. Where’s your space station?
Watch for December and US debts limit raise to 35 trillions $
Payback time
Xi seems to think china has gone back to being ancient china level wealthy dosent he he dosent need outside stuff but he does the embargo on aussi coal and the desire to be seen a leader climate change war does have consequences
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Need to start doing this kind of thing in the US.
you want people to die in America?
They said the utility company couldn’t. Make a profit so they shut down… but eager to feed the mania for hope and politicians quickly spinning the shutdown as their action “that’s lacking or absent ” addressing climate change, claim the shutdown and cleaner air quality as proof their 1 step is working.
If China says it will go carbon neutral, then it will do it for sure. Maybe before all of us.
If they don’t get it done, someone’s head is coming off… literally
like they said implementing 1 child policy is the best option
@Rahul N you can type in English, so the changes is always changing… ppl adapting to new environments, that’s called smart move. Dear.
@Randal Gardner ok YakeBkt
Green energy is going to hurt poor people only
take from rich and give to poor citizens; I am so rich 🌞
@ALLAH I agree with you but the name you are using is so sacred to use in online world please don’t mention God name on your profile it’s a request buddy 👍😌
@Jack _ Johnson my real name is Allah; 🤗
Will the USA go this far for carbon neutral?
@Spateri yeah enough to know that you will probably commit halfway done Like most of your goals.
@R3d Powel Great point. I’m not that old bit am doing quite well for myself. I also have a brain and a conscience so call me an optimist with a brain. What are you? What was you’re point? Do you know much about Chinese energy and spot coal prices? Or about the ban in high grade Australian coal for politics? What were you actually alluding to?
@Spateri lmao you think we will ever buy your dogsht coals? we would prefer to die from hunger than accepting your donation.
@R3d Powel ✊✊More power to you bro!these Emu Fighters can even defend kangaross and other wild life within their country…And they are tryna flex muscles agiants chinese😆
@R3d Powel haha, well said 👏
😆 how long until the media calls these greenouts?
China is an inspiration to the world
yes, china is the greatest country (*the republic of china, that is
if China can truly go green, I won’t mind if it takes over the world as much
He cut of his nose to spite his face.Stop importing oz coal trying to hurt us and he,s hurting his own people.LOSER.
China wants to eliminate low-value high-energy industries, after the price of Chinese goods to increase🤓
The CCP is truly a party of geniuses! Tanking the economy is all part of the grand plan!
It’s two o’clock in the morning. The street lights in our village are still on. It’s meaningless. It’s a simple waste of energy. The central government should impose stricter restrictions on local governments. Especially in big cities, the bright lights at night. The central government should suppress excessive consumerism and restrict the approval rights of local governments to high polluting enterprises.
More Nukes👍
This is what happens when one shoots one’s own foot.
Explain.
@Dave Huntsman Cancelling high grade low cost coal imports from Australia. What do you think it is?
@Dave Huntsman A human has a limb called a “foot”. Two actually.
A human has something called a “gun” which shoots bullets.
A human points the gun at his foot and shoots.
There is your explanation.
China isn’t as great as it claims
@Raymond China always does it you got an extra chromosome?
CHINA COLLAPSING FROM WITHIN. ENERGY CRISIS-no electricity Evergrande- the Lehman of China. China companies PENALIZED by CCP-Alibaba, BMWYY, Didi…. BAD LOANS to countries everywhere. Companies MOVING OUT of China. China facing RESISTANCE from Philipine, Loas, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Balochistan, Zambia, Niger…
@Nick Technubyte r u sure? if you had said ‘by far the worst to the US’ it would have sounded about right.
@Brian Lee does the US have concentration camps, execution buses, a bill that automatically criminalizes pro-democratic parties, full on religious persecution, a state run firewall that blocks a large number of people from communicating to the outside world?!
Don’t even get me started on the war crimes that they have committed in Hong Kong, Tiananmen Square, and Myanmar!
And of course, their preparation for war against Taiwan (which *IS* and always will be a country)!
@Nick TechnubyteLet’s put aside if thoese allegations are true or not. Till now there is no single shred of credible evidence to prove them. and please allow me to remind you a place called Guantanamo. HK? do you have any idea how Hong Kong became what it is? Well, I think we’d better leave the conversation here, coz you and I obviously preceive the reality differently. For what it is worth, I agree China has a lot of problems, but to point fingers at it from a high moral ground? seriously?
Hello..
it is directly related to ban on coal imports from australia ….there is no angle of pollution reducing in it .
@ananth708 is Evergrande going to bankruptcy
@Gary Geiser Don’t worry. China still hold over $1T note that teh US needs to pay back. Also, HCian has over $2T foreign currency reserve, not liek the US that has only $200B.
@Americanknow China has closed accounts, unlike America. China has few long respected and trusted global companies, while Ametica has an endless number. So America has vast assets globally, unlike China. It’s a pity. Who will enjoy China’s organ harvesting, concentration camps, and unfreedom?
@Gary Geiser Why ou care. You are an Indian.
@Americanknow You idol China soon will collapse
At least this will push China the biggest pollutant to go more green faster
learn to play nice china or we let you starve
for consistent blue skies and clean air , give up coal.
just ask ur neighbour for sum lithium
More nuclear plants is the solution.
Criminal terrorist barbaric savage regime 🇨🇳☠
True
A good effort but it’s effecting china’s economy
Even in this condition Xi-Jazeera can’t stop to show how good is CCP virus😂😂😀😀
This is fake news. China is rich of coal as no’3, China just want to protect the environment and rise America goods shortage. It’s a big game and wait to see American Biden anxiety.
China was once a great Socialist Country. Sad that China is now Capitalist.
It wasn’t great. Millions straved to death.
Due to more factors than just the economic model of the time.
@Randal Gardner China has been stronger than ever under Xi. Mao had made China a third world poor country.
you forgot to mention that the CCP has banned most coal from australia as a spiteful gesture in retaliation for the inquest into the origins of Covid.
Cut coal, there is no clean coal. China is looking into a greener future.
*Don’t be fooled by China’s 🇨🇳 words, because they do the opposite. The world should stop making business deals with China 🇨🇳. Boycott China 🇨🇳 garbage products and China 🇨🇳 businesses outside of China 🇨🇳 in every possible way. Everyone must do their part.*
@Teddy Bear k
@Teddy Bear Ah yes, blame all of your country’s problem on China.
@Failure Gaming And also to Islamic terrorist countries? Yes? 😊
@Teddy Bear Yes, your government is never at fault. Blame other countries then put up a stupid emoji when you finish. That’s what educated intelligent people do.
@Failure Gaming Why will I blame our government over China’s 🇨🇳 aggression, Chinese flooding my country with drugs, China 🇨🇳 building man made islands in disputed waters? Are you that dumb?
Anyone else feel like they’re doing this on purpose? When the supply chains are affected, the bond yields are the ones that are impacted. When the bond yields are affected, China benefits from that. It just so happens to be that the US could be shutting down next month… Even if they were still trading with Australia, they’d still have to wait like two weeks for the coal to be taken off the shipment due to current port business. Furthermore, they actually already have the coal needed for energy (look at the reserve by country).
Yes, its on purpose to prevent the planet from dying.
And the funny thing is they have implemented a three child policy recently. Good luck China increasing population will certainly help you progress better 😂
Lol India has not implemented any child policy. Maybe you people should or you’ll keep starving and sleeping on streets.
@CyberVerse maybe you can try going to school for some knowledge. Population of any country will stop growing naturally when people get educated most importantly when female population get educated. india’s fertility rate is just 2.1 births per women(perfect replacement rate) but china’s fertility is just around 1.5 lower than replacement rate. Also fYI india already has population control measures in most populus states like UP (2 child policy). Good luck taking care of 1 child and 4 grandparents in future
@Rahul N but India’s Birthrate will not stop at 2.1, it will continue to decline just like all countries who are educating women. When the birth rate starts declining, it doesn’t magically stop at 2.1, it continues to decline
@N W yes but it will be a slow decline not like china, sudden decline will create a huge number of old people at some point. Those who born during the one child policy will have to take care of his 2 or more granparents 2 parents and his 1 son or daughter making that one guy is responsible for 5 or 6 others alone but in india there will be 2 sons or daughters to take care of old
@N W it will be like 10-20 yrs long process , till that our economy will be at its top
those who are happy do take in mind that things will now become more costly
@John Locke if it was that easy then we already would have done it
It has been getting more costly to be involved with China for decades. This barely changes anything.
@Nathan Levesque SAY IT to companies it is getting expensive for goverments but not companies
@Moinul Islam Mahin My company has moved to Mumbai in India from Shenzhen
@Dr Manhattan sooooo does that mean price of everything falls
People will start to realize it’s not just a demographic time bomb that is going to explode in China.
its not something new people die by the millions in china, taiping rebellion boxer rebellion
if mass deaths/starvation starts in china I won’t be surprised its natural
This guy was in Afghanistan.. right??
So much for 100 years of “power” 🤭
100 years of virus 😂
China can do very little unless all the transport of the country becomes electric drive & also nuclear reactor should be the only source for Power generation. It’s going to be long & tiring effort but a country like whose economic activity will keep increasing only have to continuously fight climate change. Problems with West is that they do speak a lot but sincerity is missing from the action on the ground so China who made world go for Solar Energy should also lead from the from in order to make world realise how serious the climate threat is.
It’s not the rising price of coal. Don’t be ridiculous. I don’t think officials would blackout their cities to save a couple bucks
Perhaps not for money, but they stopped buying Australian coal just because their Prime Minister suggested to investigate the source of Covid-19 — so there is some ulterior motive.
AND ZERO LOOTERS BREAKING INTO STORES.
Only in Africa and Middle East
A “powerless” wannabe superpower.
😂Go check your boarder Kumar bro..China is Clearly A wanna be superppwer😂by the looks of it
Lol
very good journalism. keep up the good work
Climate change is fake news.
Crypto is the future
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I’m from UK, I and two other of my friends tried him immediately we testified , he’s performing wonders
Paid actors lol
A future of freedom, that’s why china bans it!
Because it gives people more freedom and it’s not government controlled!
A person farts
Rando person on internet: Crypto is the answer
Fake news. China has lots of warships and warplanes that can be used to provide electricity. China is strong.
@Randal Gardner china has lots of coal, enough to cover earth in soot. China is strong.
I don’t like the CCP but this is a good move by them.
More green environment and better fresh air for Koreans.
The average Chinese will suffer from this of course, but it’s only temporary.
China is the only superpower…rest all r paper superpower
When can we see an abrupt about turn by China and importation of humongous amounts of coal from Australia once more. This electricity problem is going nowhere immediately. They have no alternate to thermal coal generation of electricity. We are seeing a huge human tragedy unfolding.
Cyber attack?
Doubt it considering the great firewall of china!
If it were that easy to break into china’s network, people would be able to see all the atrocities it has committed inside its borders!
” China testing energy demanding weapons that cause power outages “
The ancestors have heard the Chinese are abusing Africans
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Coronavirus originated in the United States. Two virus leaks occurred at the U.S. Virus Laboratory in Fort Detrick, Maryland, U.S. in 2019.On October 18, 2019, the 7th Military World Games was held in Wuhan china. American soldiers brought the coronavirus to Wuhan. the United States virus infected the world.Americans are trying to hide the truth
China needs to stop polluting the oceans with plastic.
🤗😂
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This shows how much Al Jazeera English has sold out to special interest groups…
It’s like they are reading a bogus script and calling it news
Wrong. China has enough caol, but power company is exceeding the CO2 emission allowed by the green policy. Chiense government enforce CO2 limit seriously., not like the western government where the business has priority. Some cities are doing rolling blackout that often happend in Silicon Valley here in Califronia becasue we have the shrtage of power during summar.
In 2019, China imported 77 million ton of coal from Australia. Let’s get the bug out the way. In 2020, China total production 3.9 billion ton, import 304 million ton. In terms of global coal consumption, China’s share raised from 29% in 2000 to whopping 56% in 2020. It is outrageous to say not enough coal.
2060, you idiot, there are already solar hydrogen batteries …get this uneducated THING off the planet. Im serious.
Excellent job China. Here the CCP is doing a commendable job and the world should really be thankful.
So now the people don’t have electric. No heat no lights How long will this last sad life.
有电啊
More suffering 👏👏🐉🐉🐉most hated human being evil
I think investing in greener energy (especially nuclear) is as important as China’s investment in semiconductors. You can’t innovate with frequent power outages.
KARMA NEVER MISSES ADRESS.
Wean away from coal and fossil fuel.
Wind solar hydro for the future.
none of the current “green energy” is possible without a battery network. it will be decades before that is built
Wrong, BioFuel is the future.
一堆傻嗨 in the comment section. 😂😂😂
Chinese are void of empathy towards others even their own
Fake news
we have no power cut
People who are not stupid know that China always the best country, Rising above own score. No other nation can be matched. You must respect and obey the most glorious nation China or else there will be severe consequences. I am so proud to be a Chinese. We Chinese are the smartest, strongest and greatest race
Please savE Palestine… iran good country
The result of boycotting australia coal is like shooting at your feet, karma
Well at least they have “Xi Ji Ping Thought.”
Very good analysis of what’s behind China’s energy shortfalls. I’m sure the picture will become increasingly clear as we proceed through the winter months.
Supermarkets in UK are bare, there is poverty crisis there, energy bills rising.
I wonder when this channel will cover that awful country?
commie xithole with xithole’s ON9 thug characteristics like ancient tofu caves
The 20th China Party Congress will be a must-watch!
A planned reduction of fuel production by 60% is underway due to peak oil running dry by 2050. The domino affect it’ll have on every key industry will be enormous.
That date gets moved back every decade as new reserves are discovered.
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This is no surprise. They had already said they were cutting back on coal. Anyone savvy knew that meant they were going to run short domestically. CCP never tells the whole story, just the part they can spin.
Ai Jazeera lost my respect by bending over to the CCP narrative and not doing journalism!
news paid by ccp
What a silly narrative – coal cost more so they produce less (lol). Goes to prove the guys did not even conduct research. This is the same BS they used last year when China was working its factories 24/7 to send out products to the world. Then they get a shock when the trade figures come out in January. lol
CHINA COLLAPSING FROM WITHIN. ENERGY CRISIS-no electricity Evergrande- the Lehman of China. China companies PENALIZED by CCP-Alibaba, BMWYY, Didi…. BAD LOANS to countries everywhere. Companies MOVING OUT of China. China facing RESISTANCE from Philipine, Loas, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, Balochistan, Zambia, Niger
Reason due to clean environmental friendly by cutting out petrol cars thereby electric cars charging consuming too much energies.
And this folks is a superpower.
They deserve this
Free hong kong, tibet, uyghur
This does not make sense. China would not go dark suddenly because of emissions targets. This is a total embarrassment for the country and this was clearly not something that was meant to occur. This seems to be clear incompetence with an attempt to cover over the incompetence with a story about “emissions targets”.
Too many mouths to feed and too many to house, overpopulation has its ups and downs
The real truth is they stopped buying coal from Australia … and now they can’t power the many coal plants they have. Don’t let them spin this as a way to cut CO2 emissions, since they never would be doing so in the 1st place no matter what agreements where made. In addition with the higher price of coal which can not be passed back on its users, so they just shut the coal plants down. Key city’s will have power at the cost of 3rd tier city’s and rural ares taking on most of the blackouts. Another factor is most manufacturing of goods has been halted, to provide power to major cities, so GDP will likely crash for the next half year. Also winter is coming about (it’s very cold in China), going to see a lot of misery, due to no heat for households … since the use of coal or wood heating has been banned and ripped out of households for many years now. So China did this to themselves with the overall banning of all products from Australia.
Nasty air pollution there.
Let the fun begin , blame your great CCP leader. He is responsible 👍🙀
You shouldn’t be talking about China’s problem. They know how to handle power crisis. Talk about Hunter Biden. Make sense?
They better hope their govt does not keep them on power restraints during winter.
_Pakistani_ : China our iron brother is superpower!
*Rest of the world : China has no power!*
Why don’t they have nuclear power plants? They have nukes…