The smog is thinning in China’s eastern cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, but worsening in the country’s interior, according to data collated by environmental group Greenpeace.
China’s rich coastal cities have been cracking down on air pollution for the past three years, setting caps on coal use and closing down nearby coal-fired power plants.
As a result, Beijing’s smog — notorious for blighting the capital — has continued its recent run of improvement, with an average concentration PM2.5 fine particle pollution falling 28 per cent year-on-year in the first three months of 2016.
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