China's
smoggiest city closed schools Wednesday as much of the country suffered
its sixth day under an oppressive haze, sparking public anger about the
slow response to the threat to children's health.
Since
Friday a choking miasma has covered a large swathe of northeastern
China, leaving more than 460 million gasping for breath.
Shijiazhuang,
the capital of Hebei province, was one of more than 20 cities which
went on red alert Friday evening, triggering an emergency plan to reduce
pollution by shutting polluting factories and taking cars off the road,
among other measures.
Nowhere has been hit as hard as Shijiazhuang, which has seen a huge rise in pollution.
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