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...Those left in the dark are trying to cope as best as they can. Zhou Zhiliang, production-line manager for a 1,400-employee company that makes scaffolding for oil wells, says his factory is being supplied with only enough electricity for three days of work a week. To compensate, the company bought a diesel generator, a purchase repeated by so many factories across the country recently that diesel prices have been driven higher. Zhou says the cost of the generator and the fuel has eaten up the firm's profits. Still, production cannot stop. "We have to keep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China's Long, Dark Summer | 6/28/2004 | See Source »

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