Smoke rises from a power plant near Hengshui in Hebei province, which Chinese officials admits is one of the most polluted places on the planet. Photo: AFP
Smoke rises from a power plant near Hengshui in Hebei province, which Chinese officials admits is one of the most polluted places on the planet. Photo: AFP
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China tops world for air pollution and carbon emissions, officials admit

Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei one of planet’s most polluted regions, but ‘lack of funding hampers progress on 2017 clean-up targets’

Li Jing
Li Jing

Updated: 2:59pm, 12 Jan, 2018

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Smoke rises from a power plant near Hengshui in Hebei province, which Chinese officials admits is one of the most polluted places on the planet. Photo: AFP
Smoke rises from a power plant near Hengshui in Hebei province, which Chinese officials admits is one of the most polluted places on the planet. Photo: AFP
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