• A man does exercises in haze-covered Beijing on February 24. On Tuesday, China suffered a sixth consecutive day of severe air pollution. China Out/AFP Photo
    A man does exercises in haze-covered Beijing on February 24. On Tuesday, China suffered a sixth consecutive day of severe air pollution. China Out/AFP Photo
  • A chimney of a heating plant is obscured by heavy haze as commuters walk through a bridge linking a subway station and a bus station on a severely polluted day in Beijing on February 25. Beijing remained cloaked in hazardous white pollution hiding much of its skyline on Tuesday. Alexander F. Yuan/AP
    A chimney of a heating plant is obscured by heavy haze as commuters walk through a bridge linking a subway station and a bus station on a severely polluted day in Beijing on February 25. Beijing remained cloaked in hazardous white pollution hiding much of its skyline on Tuesday. Alexander F. Yuan/AP
  • A citizen wears a protective mask against smog as a Chinese security unit for foreign embassies march behind him in Beijing on February 25. Rolex Dela Pena/EPA
    A citizen wears a protective mask against smog as a Chinese security unit for foreign embassies march behind him in Beijing on February 25. Rolex Dela Pena/EPA
  • A woman wearing a mask in haze-covered Temple of Heaven in Beijing on February 24. Images of statues of Chinese intellectuals Li Dazhao, Cai Yuanpei and Chen Daisun, along with Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, wearing anti-pollution facemasks are currently among the most shared on Chinese social media. “This is a silent protest!”, said one netizen on Sina Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, under a picture of the statues at Peking University. China Out/AFP Photo
    A woman wearing a mask in haze-covered Temple of Heaven in Beijing on February 24. Images of statues of Chinese intellectuals Li Dazhao, Cai Yuanpei and Chen Daisun, along with Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, wearing anti-pollution facemasks are currently among the most shared on Chinese social media. “This is a silent protest!”, said one netizen on Sina Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, under a picture of the statues at Peking University. China Out/AFP Photo

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In pictures: China’s smog reaches new heights

Rob Gurdebeke

February 25, 2014

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Beijing remained cloaked in hazardous white pollution hiding much of its skyline Tuesday, despite the announced closures or production cuts at 147 of the city’s industrial plants.

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