Chinese Premier Li Keqiang vows ‘resolute efforts’ to prevent power cuts amid ‘skyrocketing’ energy prices


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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has said there will be no repeat of the power crisis that rocked the country last year, as Beijing doubles down on energy security amid spillovers from geopolitical tensions. Li pledged “resolute efforts” to stamp out electricity cuts while inspecting a power coordination centre in southwestern province of Yunnan this week, according to the official Xinhua News Agency on Thursday. His comments come just days after the Communist Party’s flagship magazine Qiushi published details of a December speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping in which he vowed the government “will never allow a major incident like...