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China: Natural gas shortage, cold temperature make winter unbearable for residents

The shortage of natural gas and the cold wave in China are making the winter chillier and unbearable for the residents. These reactions spilt over into caustic complaints on social media. A video goes viral in China where the temperature was seen rising in an apartment building in a different northern province, Shanxi, with the windows plastered with bright red posters of the sort often seen at Lunar New Year -- except that these posters say "cold."