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Hammered by Blackouts, China’s Rust Belt Grinds Down
LIAONING, Northeast China — Recently, the entrance road to Xingcheng Powder Metallurgy Company is unusually dark at night. The only lights left on are those of the guard hut, leaving the rest of the facilities, a sizable factory that makes automotive gears, obscured by darkness.“We turned off the streetlights to save power,” a security guard…