China Warns Foreign Embassies Not To Publish Pollution Data
China has ordered the embassies of the US and other countries to stop releasing figures on air pollution in Beijing. Many local residents find the US figures much more reliable than official government figures for gauging the quality of the city’s notoriously dirty air. Anchor Marco Werman has more.
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