15 Oct 2021

Asia correspondent Ed White

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 15 October 2021

Ed White discusses China's energy crisis which is causing massive electricity shortages and why people around the world will be affected. Also the creative response Laos is taking to the pandemic, opening up to cryptocurrency mining.

Chimneys at a coal-fired power plant of China's electricity giant Huaneng Group in Tianjin, China

Chimneys at a coal-fired power plant of China's electricity giant Huaneng Group in Tianjin, China Photo: AFP

Ed White is a correspondent with the Financial Times.