While the skies over Beijing have cleared for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, smog still clouds the air in many parts of China’s Shanxi province.
Located in the mid north, the region is home to three of the country’s most polluted cities. For years, coal, and industrial pollutants have blackened the air and contaminated the water and soil.
Now, local governments are being given financial incentives to get off the country’s environmental blacklist.
From Shanxi, Elise Potaka has this report.
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