China rations electricity amid worst blackouts in decade

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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