A man collects recyclablesr from an alley as smoke billows from the chimney of a factory in rural Gaoyi county, known for its ceramics production, near Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China, December 7, 2017. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
SHIJIAZHUANG, China (Reuters) - Severe natural gas shortages are hitting businesses and residents across China's industrial heartland as an unprecedented government effort to clean up an environment devastated by decades of unbridled growth backfires.
Factories are closing or operating at reduced capacity, businesses are seeing profits shrink as supply chains are disrupted, and people are shivering through sub-zero temperatures without adequate heating at home, according to interviews conducted across the region last week.
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