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Photo: Shanghai shuts off skyline lighting to save electricity

Author Time: 04-02-2008 Source: BOCOG

All the landscape lighting in the Lu Jia Zui area of Shanghai are off at night
(Photo credit: China Foto Press)

With the ongoing rain and snow state of emergency in Shanghai, the demand for electricity has skyrocketed. Beginning January 31, Shanghai began measures to save electricity: All skyline lighting would be turned off at night. The Shanghai skyline stretches 140 km.

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Photo: Shanghai shuts off skyline lighting to save electricity

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