After Guangdong, Shanghai and Beijing also pulled the plug on Tuesday (22nd), the official explanation for the blackout was “planned safety maintenance”, after Zhejiang, Hunan and Guangdong all experienced massive blackouts that damaged the economic interests of businesses and small workshops, and people questioned the official failure to explain the truth about the blackout.
Power shortages and blackouts have recently become a hot topic in China’s cities, but the vast majority of people still don’t know the real reason for the blackouts. After Guangdong Province, the Shanghai Electric Power Company issued a notice for a 12-hour power outage from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. this Tuesday (22nd). The notice listed the townships where the power was cut off, such as Tangjiawan Road, Xinhe Ma Road, Xinhe Town and other sections.
Shanghai resident Ms. Fu was interviewed by Radio Free Asia on Tuesday, saying that the blackouts belonged to the suburbs: the blackouts were all in the suburbs, Chongming and Pudong suburbs, and there were no blackouts in the urban areas, so the impact caused was not seen.
According to “Look at the News”, the reporter learned from the State Grid Shanghai Electric Power Company that the areas covered by this blackout notice are for planned safety maintenance, which is part of the daily grid maintenance work. And the areas listed in the information are only the general scope of possible power outages, outage information should be based on the actual outage notice issued by the power supply department.
Shanghai retired teachers question the official rhetoric
Previous power outages in Yiwu, Zhejiang, Changsha, Hunan, Inner Mongolia and Jiangxi were explained by the authorities as “emission reduction”, while this time Shanghai’s explanation for the outage was “routine maintenance”.
In response, Gu Guoping, a retired teacher in Shanghai, told the station that there had been no major power outages in Shanghai since China joined the World Trade Organization. He did not believe in the official explanation and speculated that they might have installed a new system for emergency measures in anticipation of some kind of testing or monitoring activities, or for preparedness in special circumstances. It’s as if they are rehearsing and preparing for possible wartime situations.
Meanwhile, local areas in Beijing, since this Monday (21st), have also been without power. Beijing Fengtai District community forum “Fengtai Miscellany” issued a notice that from December 21 to 25, the daily power outage for about 12 hours. The power outage covers the community of Three Roads Residence in Taipingqiao Street Office and the community of Wanliuyuan in Xincun Street.
Beijing local areas also implement power outages
According to the power outage notice issued by Today’s Headlines, the 22nd Beijing power outage was implemented from 7am to 6pm, affecting some streets in Xicheng District, Dongcheng District, Fengtai District and Changping District of Beijing; while the 21st Beijing power outage was also implemented at the same time, affecting the areas that do not overlap with each other, suspected to be “rotating power outages The situation is suspected to be a “rotating blackout”. However, the report was later deleted.
Zhang Jianping, a rights activist in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, said most people blame the blackout on China’s blocking of Australian power coal imports, but he argued: China has not had a blackout since it joined the WTO, in our area. Now the sudden blackout, some people say it is because of the relationship with Australia, I think it is not yet so simple to make a judgment. Why the sudden blackout, the problem inside remains to be seen.
Power outages lead to foreign trade enterprises can not be delivered on time
Ms. Jiang, who runs a foreign trade business in Zhejiang, told the station that many businessmen have suffered heavy losses because of the power outage.
Ms. Jiang: Now many do export is very troublesome, a classmate of mine is doing printing, rushed to December 31 before a lot of customer orders, his foundry in Wenzhou are stopped. Foreign orders are delayed to lose money.
Many Chinese netizens questioned the official explanation for the blackout. One netizen left a message saying that China is not short of electricity, and those engaged in power generation know that China has a surplus of electricity, thermal and hydro power, and wind power to bring electricity, so how can there be a sudden shortage of electricity. Some also blamed China’s sanctions against Australia, which halted imports of power coal, for the lack of domestic power supply. But China will allow a shipment of Australian coal to enter the country, Bloomberg said last week, citing a person familiar with the matter, adding that a cargo ship carrying 135,000 tons of Australian power coal was expected to clear customs and unload at the southern port of Fangchenggang. Just earlier this month, at least eight Australian ships carrying coal, totaling about 900,000 tons of Australian coal, had already unloaded.
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