China fuel crisis powered by coal shortage and climate commitments

China fuel crisis powered by coal shortage and climate commitments

While the UK obsesses about panic-buying of petrol, there are fuel crises going on elsewhere around the world, no more so than in China.

There, a series of power cuts has hit millions of homes and businesses, particularly big industrial users of energy.

Of the 31 provinces on mainland China, 16 have been rationing power, affecting areas that make up two-thirds of the country's economic output.