China tells US to stop reporting Beijing's bad air

Jun 5, 2012

A senior Chinese environmental official has told foreign embassies to stop publishing their own reports on air quality in China, a clear reference to a popular U.S. Embassy Twitter feed that tracks pollution in smoggy Beijing. full story

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