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China: Choking on Success

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Feb 19, 2013
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A popular app on smartphones in Beijing is the US Embassy's Air Quality index measurement. No wonder: Until last year, even as the air in China's capitol has increasingly come to resemble that of an airport smoking area, its ruling elite have refused to make public its air-quality levels or even admit a problem. The levels of the nasty particulate PM2.5…

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