Strong winds slowly dispersed thick smog in Beijing, leaving the north of the capital clear of air pollution for a time on Tuesday morning but the south still shrouded in fumes.
The view from the 61st floor of a commercial building in Beijing’s central business district at 10.30am showed the capital seemingly divided into two different worlds.
Blue skies shone clear above skyscrapers to the north, but turning 180 degrees to the south, the city was still cloaked under a thick grey blanket of smog.
Winds speeds reached up to 28km/h during the morning.
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China’s environmental watchdog lifted its first orange smog alert ahead of the winter on Monday – a day earlier than scheduled.
The second-highest alert in the country’s four-tier emergency response system was originally issued on Friday, forecasting heavy pollution in northern China until Tuesday.
The south of Beijing shrouded in smog on Tuesday morning. Photo: Simon Song
