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China comes in from the cold

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It’s been hard times in Beijing for those who feel the cold, as it emerged this week that the nation’s heating is only switched on centrally by the government today. It's interesting that just as many in this country are arguing for greater state control over such electrical consumption as domestic heating, the highest polluting nation shows the inability of central state-driven controls to cope with the real world.

Isn't socialism stupid?