When Beijing’s pollution spikes, so do Chris Buckley’s sales.
“I open my window in the morning and look out, and I can tell how many calls I will get that day,” says Mr Buckley, who sells air purifiers and face masks at his two Torana Clean Air outlets in Beijing.
Pollution may be bad for most people’s health, but it is good for some people’s businesses. China is a growing market for any product that can reduce emissions or their effect on human health, from water treatment contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars to face masks that sell for a few cents each.
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