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High Pollution in Beijing

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 11:07 pm | < 1 Minute Read

A man wearing a mask walks along a street on a heavy hazy day during winter in central Beijing, January 30, 2013. Beijing temporarily shut down 103 heavily polluting factories and took 30 percent of government vehicles off roads to combat dangerously high air pollution, state media reported on Tuesday, but the capital's air remained hazardous despite the measures. (REUTERS/Jason Lee) — A man wearing a mask walks along a street on a heavy hazy day during winter in central Beijing, January 30, 2013. Beijing temporarily shut down 103 heavily polluting factories and took 30 percent of government vehicles off roads to combat dangerously high air pollution, state media reported on Tuesday, but the capital’s air remained hazardous despite the measures. (REUTERS/Jason Lee)

This article appeared in print on page 3 of the January 31st, 2013 edition of Hamodia.

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