China's serious pollution anger spills into state media. Will CCP listen?

[Lim Yuan]

For years people have been saying Beijing had a pollution problem yet it was blamed on "Western" media trying to bad month China.

Yes the CCP will listen this time, much akin to the great smog of London in 1952, however, this was caused by post-war recoveries and was at a time when environmental technology wasn't as good as it is today. The social health pressures it caused and the stopping of daily routines pressures the government into doing something about it. There are many sources of pollution in Beijing not just cars. If not it will just happen again and again each year.

Why does Western media often end up knowing more about what happens in China than Chinese media.