Beijing's 'airpocalypse': city shuts down amid three-day smog red alert
Children kept at home, building sites and factories closed and cars kept off roads as pollution engulfs Chinese capital
Beijing smog that triggered pollution alert. Photograph: EPA/Rolex Dela Pena
Tom Phillips in Beijing-Tuesday 8 December 2015“Create a paradise,” urges the motto of Beijing’s Baijiazhuang primary school – a message stamped on to its front gate in bright red calligraphy.
On Tuesday morning, as China’s smog-choked capital declared its first ever air pollution red alert, the school, normally buzzing with over-energetic 10-year-olds, was almost silent. A pungent mist hung over the outdoor basketball courts and running track.
A Vimeo video showing normal life at Baijiazhuang primary school.