China Braces for Cold Winter Amid Energy Shortages
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China&#39;s national power agency is warning coal and electricity shortages could make for a long cold winter for tens of millions of people in the developed east.
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China struggled on Sunday with transport havoc and threats to energy and food supplies caused by snows and icy cold, with forecasters warning of more brutal weather across eastern and central areas in coming days.
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Fresh snow fell across swathes  of south China already paralyzed by harsh winter weather on  Friday, a day after President Hu Jintao headed down a coal  shaft to urge miners to help to end widespread powercuts.
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China will step up controls on investment in power plants, despite electricity shortages, to help ease pressure on coal supplies, state media reported Monday.
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In China, where coal is king, the governmentâs push to increase the use of alternative energies faces obstacles, from bureaucracy to bottlenecks in manufacturing.
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China needs to invest $120 billion in the next five years to generate enough electricity to meet its huge demand for power and reduce crippling power shortages, state media said on Monday.
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Millions of Chinese shivered through power cuts and water shortages on Wednesday and millions more were stranded by snow that has blanketed parts of central and southern China.
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Brutal winter weather has wracked China's central, eastern and southern sections, stranding hundreds of thousands of travelers ahead of next week's Lunar New Year holiday.
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China said Tuesday it was working hard to increase its use of renewable energy, but needs to be given some leeway in the global effort to reduce greenhouse gases.
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China faces food shortages and price rises as blizzards continue to destroy crops and shut down transport
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China will spend about $3.4 billion over two to three years laying thousands of miles of oil pipelines to help secure its energy supply in the face of soaring prices and demand.
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With electricity reserves depleted, officials in impoverished Tajikistan Â where residents are enduring one of the coldest winters in 25 years Â said Tuesday they would be forced to cut power to much of the country.
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China is set to become to the world's largest consumer of energy by 2010, a report claims.
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China is falling short of its goals in a campaign to boost energy efficiency in its fuel-guzzling economy &#151; the world's No. 2 oil consumer &#151; but is starting to make progress, the government said Thursday.
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China promised on Monday to integrate climate change policy into its industrial and energy sectors, but said it would not sacrifice economic growth to satisfy international demands to help combat global warming.
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Oil prices simmered near &#36;55 a barrel on Friday on rising fears of a winter fuel supply crunch and robust but slowing economic growth in China, the world's number two user.
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China's authorities warn that more of the bad weather which has crippled the country is on its way.