China’s battle to breathe

This is a war where you can’t even see your own enemy.” These are the words of the Chinese journalist Chai Jing in her documentary about air pollution, Under the Dome. Released in February 2015, the film was viewed online more than 150 million times in three days before it was removed by the government. The enemy that…

London smoggier than Beijing…for a day

@MayorOfLondon on Twitter News just in: London’s air pollution is worse than Beijing’s. Well, it was, briefly. At 3pm GMT on Monday, the AQI in parts of London hit a record high of 197, while those of us in Beijing were enjoying a balmy 190, slightly below our daily average in January of over 200.…