China: Severe Coal Shortage Worsens Date: Sunday, February 27 @ 04:34:43 PST Topic: Consumption; Demand; Prices
BEIJING (AFP) - China's breakneck economic growth is causing a dangerous shortage of its most important energy source coal, with potential consequences for the entire world, state media warned.
Scarcity is so severe officials even worry aloud that it could cause social instability among the 1.3 billion Chinese, the China Business Weekly reported.
