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For reasons that Al Gore would no doubt be glad to explain to you, the global-warming trend has caused record snowfalls over southern China, exposing the fragility of the infrastructure supporting China's economic miracle.(The Week)(Brief article)

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For reasons that Al Gore would no doubt be glad to explain to you, the global-warming trend has caused record snowfalls over southern China, exposing the fragility of the infrastructure supporting China's economic miracle. The nation's power stations run on coal, which is mined mostly in the north and west, while power is needed mostly in the bustling south and east. Because the storms shut down rail transport, there were widespread blackouts and factory closures. Food production is also seriously affected, adding to China's already troublesome inflation. Even more disturbing to China's unloved, unelected Communist rulers, vast numbers ...

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