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Pollution victory short-lived

The 13m residents of Beijing can at last breath more easily -- but for how long? Air pollution in the capital over the last six months reached its lowest level in the decade, officials report... ...full story at Engaging China

from Engaging China on Sat, Jul 11 2009

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