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Gas cutoffs in China?s rural Hebei set off chilling complaints that put the heat on local officials
04 Jan, 2023
Natural gas outages and purchasing restrictions in the northern Chinese province that surrounds Beijing have left rural residents without heat in subfreezing temperatures, as their local government authorities failed to place enough orders with gas suppliers to meet demand, according to higher-ranking officials.
Bitterly cold residents of Hebei province have responded by filing complaints with local government authorities regarding the limited access to natural gas for heating and cooking.
?[Our village] has not been able to purchase natural gas, so we couldn?t heat up our homes properly. The elderly have only recently recovered from Covid and are still weak ? they are freezing at home,? commented an internet user identifying themselves as a rural resident of Nijiazhuang village in Hebei?s Xingtai city.
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