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Beijing's bad air

04/04/2013 11:36 am ET A cleaner wears a face mask as she works in front of the giant portrait of former Chinese chairman Mao Zedong at Beijing's Tiananmen Gate June 5, 2012. A senior Chinese official demanded that foreign embassies stop issuing air pollution readings, saying it was against the law and diplomatic conventions. The level of air pollution in Beijing varies, depending on the wind, but a cocktail of smokestack emissions, vehicle exhaust, dust and aerosols often blankets the city in a pungent, beige shroud for days on end.