Air Pollution Crisis: China Cuts Down on Smog While India Chokes - Bloomberg

Air Pollution Crisis: China Cuts Down on Smog While India Chokes - Bloomberg

How China Cleaned Its Filthy Air While India Continues to Choke

- India has overtaken China with most polluting cities
- World Bank report shows pollution can cut GDP growth

India and China have each struggled with throat-searing air pollution blanketing their major cities with the onset of winter. Only one country has succeeded in tackling the problem.

China has made strides in scrubbing the once-foul air that had become a fact of life each year in major cities like Beijing and industrial towns across the country. Meanwhile, huge swaths of northern India continue to choke on clouds of polluted air, peaking during the winter period as temperatures drop, winds disappear and farmers across the region set their fields ablaze.

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