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2008-01-29 China-Japan-Koreas

Cold weather, coal shortages put pressure on Beijing

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Posted by lotp 2008-01-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 China is good at brownouts and rolling blackouts. If the main train station in Guangzhou is without power, it is because the power company executives wish it so. They can black out only parts of a city, or only black out the factories and leave the city intact, and so on.

The fact that they're doing it during the pre-Spring Festival rush just adds to it. The poor workers, they're always the ones to pay when the big boys fight.

Posted by gromky 2008-01-29 01:08|| 2008-01-29 01:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Maybe they should tell Al Gore to go home.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-01-29 08:10|| 2008-01-29 08:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Chinese media estimated that 150,000 travellers were stuck on Monday at the main rail station in Guangzhou, capital of southern Guangdong province, with hundreds of thousands more expected in coming days.

All those people in one place? Sounds to me like a perfect opportunity for a opinion poll on global warming.
Notify the local Greenpeace chapter!

Posted by tu3031 2008-01-29 09:21|| 2008-01-29 09:21|| Front Page Top

#4 I see China has been hit with as much global warming as we have.

BRRRRR!!!!

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-01-29 10:01|| 2008-01-29 10:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Remember these are the people who by Dire Warnings[tm] are going to overtake us in economy, military, technology, etc in 7 10 20 30 years.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-01-29 11:44|| 2008-01-29 11:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Spot on, Spot.

Ya' beat me too it. ;-p

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-01-29 15:15|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-01-29 15:15|| Front Page Top

#7 How many are going to die at the railroad station? It can't possibly have enough food, water and sanitary facilities for so many... although with that mass of bodies hopefully lack of provided heat won't be as much of an issue.

Posted by trailing wife 2008-01-29 18:26|| 2008-01-29 18:26|| Front Page Top

#8 See also TOPIX NEWS > CHINESE POLITBURO TO MEET ON EXTREME WEATHER. The PLA is on disaster alert.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-01-29 21:03|| 2008-01-29 21:03|| Front Page Top

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