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A Peek Through the Smog at China's Sights

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In recent years thick smog became a price that China has to pay for being one of the most powerful economies in the world. Air pollution is becoming a growing concern to the Chinese leadership, even as smog gives a surreal look to the sights in many of the country's cities.
© REUTERS / Aly SongIn recent years thick smog is the price that China has had to pay for being one of the most powerful economies in the world.

Above: Police officers stand guard on the Bund during a hazy day in downtown Shanghai. January 26, 2015
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In recent years thick smog is the price that China has had to pay for being one of the most powerful economies in the world.

Above: Police officers stand guard on the Bund during a hazy day in downtown Shanghai. January 26, 2015
© REUTERS / Aly SongAir pollution is becoming a growing concern to the Chinese leadership, even as smog gives a surreal look to the sights in many of the country's cities.

Above: General view of downtown Shanghai on a hazy night. January 25, 2015
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Air pollution is becoming a growing concern to the Chinese leadership, even as smog gives a surreal look to the sights in many of the country's cities.

Above: General view of downtown Shanghai on a hazy night. January 25, 2015
© REUTERS / Petar Kujundzic/FilesSmoke rises from the chimney of a steel plant next to residential buildings on a hazy day in Fengnan district of Tangshan, Hebei province. February 18, 2014.
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Smoke rises from the chimney of a steel plant next to residential buildings on a hazy day in Fengnan district of Tangshan, Hebei province. February 18, 2014.
© AFP 2023 / Mark RALSTONA Chinese tourists takes a photo while wearing a face mask in Tiananmen Square as heavy air pollution continues to shroud Beijing. February 26, 2014
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A Chinese tourists takes a photo while wearing a face mask in Tiananmen Square as heavy air pollution continues to shroud Beijing. February 26, 2014
© AFP 2023 / STRModels wearing surgical masks parade a collection of gold jewelry at a park in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province. December 7, 2013.
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Models wearing surgical masks parade a collection of gold jewelry at a park in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province. December 7, 2013.
© AFP 2023 / JOHANNES EISELEA worker installs wires on the 109th floor of the Shanghai Tower in front of the smog covered skyline of the Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai. October 16, 2014
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A worker installs wires on the 109th floor of the Shanghai Tower in front of the smog covered skyline of the Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai. October 16, 2014
© AP Photo / Andy WongCommuters wearing masks to protect themselves from pollutants check their smartphones as they ride on a bus on a hazy night in Beijing, China. October 20, 2014.
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Commuters wearing masks to protect themselves from pollutants check their smartphones as they ride on a bus on a hazy night in Beijing, China. October 20, 2014.
© AP Photo / Xinhua, Gong BoPatients help their children to respire atomized liquid medicine at Xiangyang No. 1 People's Hospital in Xiangyang, east China's Hubei Province. January 14, 2013.
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Patients help their children to respire atomized liquid medicine at Xiangyang No. 1 People's Hospital in Xiangyang, east China's Hubei Province. January 14, 2013.
© AFP 2023Jilin's skyline in heavy smog, northeast China's Jilin province. January 29, 2013.
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Jilin's skyline in heavy smog, northeast China's Jilin province. January 29, 2013.
© AP Photo / Andy WongA woman wearing a mask to protect herself from pollutants walks out from an underground tunnel against a backdrop of the city skylines shrouded by haze in Beijing, China. October 20, 2014.
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A woman wearing a mask to protect herself from pollutants walks out from an underground tunnel against a backdrop of the city skylines shrouded by haze in Beijing, China. October 20, 2014.
© AP Photo / Alexander F. Yuan, FileChildren walk back home after school on a severely polluted day in Shijiazhuang, in northern China's Hebei province. February 26, 2014.
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Children walk back home after school on a severely polluted day in Shijiazhuang, in northern China's Hebei province. February 26, 2014.
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