A worker uses a torch to cut steel pipes near the coal-powered Datang International Zhangjiakou Power Station at Zhangjiakou, one of the host cities for the 2022 Winter Olympics, in northern Hebei province on November 12. Plans to shut down factories before and during the Olympics are expected to help reduce smog but will also have an adverse effect on economic growth. Photo: TNS
A worker uses a torch to cut steel pipes near the coal-powered Datang International Zhangjiakou Power Station at Zhangjiakou, one of the host cities for the 2022 Winter Olympics, in northern Hebei province on November 12. Plans to shut down factories before and during the Olympics are expected to help reduce smog but will also have an adverse effect on economic growth. Photo: TNS