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Smog Journeys: Air Pollution Inspires Film & Novel

This winter, like years past, has seen Beijing and other Chinese cities blanketed in a thick cover of smog. Last week, the Air Quality Index went above 500, the highest level on the AQI chart: Pollution so bad here yesterday morning that I got off at the wrong bus stop because I couldn't see where I was. #China #airpocalypse — Kelly Sandor (@kjsandor) January 16, 2015 Beijing's air is so beyond foul today that my #AQI meter app today reads: "Break glass, escape