Investors are used to periodic campaigns against energy intensive sectors like steel and cement in China. But a new round of power cuts driven by Beijing’s ambitious climate targets now threatens to do wider damage.

Particularly worrying: some of China’s most export-oriented, dynamic provinces are among the worst energy guzzlers, according to Beijing.

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