BEIJING -- China has begun rolling blackouts in Beijing and Shanghai, metropolises home to 48 million people, as the country struggles with crippling power shortages that have hit key factories in a further threat to the economy.
Economy
Beijing and Shanghai face blackouts in deepening power crunch
Rolling outages come as factories suspend work and water supply unstable
Power lines in Beijing: Planned power outages are believed to affect 10,000 residents in the capital. © Reuters
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