Power cuts, which initially halted production at factories, have expanded to homes in northeast China, causing accidents and major disruptions to daily life. Official explanations of the country’s widening power shortage, now affecting several regions across the northeast, have been scant. Jilin province blamed a shortage of coal supplies and increasing demand from industries pushing the coal price to a record high. Other provinces have not provided details. Authorities at Liaoning Province, which borders Jilin, said at a Sunday press conference that power generation had declined significantly since July. Authorities imposed power limits on factories on Sept. 10, but the supply gap widened to a “severe level” last week, officials said. By Monday, the power crunch had spilled over into residential areas in the province, authorities said, according to Liaoning Daily, a local government-backed newspaper. A sudden power outage that hit one of the province’s cities on Friday shut off …
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