El ‘smog’ se tomó China

TOPSHOTS A woman rides a bike in the heavy smog with a mask on a street in Haozhou, central China's Anhui province on January 30, 2013. Across China public frustration mounted this week as dense smog blanketed swathes of the country, with even state-run media questioning the authorities' ability to meet their goal of building a "beautiful China". CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO

TOPSHOTS This picture taken on January 22, 2013 shows a thermal power plant discharging heavy smog into the air in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin province. China has cleaned up its air before but experts say that if it wants to avoid the kind of smog that choked the country this week, it must overhaul an economy fuelled by heavily polluting coal and car use. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO

Chinese tourists look at the view from the historic Jingshan Park as smog continues to shroud Beijing on January 31, 2013. Doctors in Beijing said on January 31 that hospital admissions for respiratory complaints rose in recent days during the latest bout of air pollution to cover northern China. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON

This picture taken on January 29, 2013 shows a general view of buildings in the heavy smog in Jilin, northeast China's Jilin province. Beijing urged residents to stay indoors on January 30 as emergency measures were rolled out aimed at countering a heavy cloud of smog blanketing the Chinese capital and swathes of the country. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO

This image taken through a window shows smog shrouding the Shanghai Tower (R), which alarmed microblog users who mistakenly believed that China's future tallest building was on fire, on January 31, 2013. The Shanghai government was forced to deny the building, now under construction, was on fire after what apparently turned out to be smog surrounded the towering structure. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO

This picture taken on January 24, 2013 shows a kid wearing a mask while playing in the heavy smog in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province. China has cleaned up its air before but experts say that if it wants to avoid the kind of smog that choked the country earlier, it must overhaul an economy fuelled by heavily polluting coal and car use. CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO

Cars drive on an eight lane expressway in Beijing on January 29,2013. Residents across northern China battled through choking pollution on January 29, as air quality levels rose above index limits in Beijing amid warnings that the smog may not clear until January 31. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO

People wearing face masks walk through a park during heavily polluted weather in Beijing on January 30, 2013. Residents across huge swathes of northern China battled through choking pollution at extreme levels, as Beijing was plunged into toxic twilight for the fourth time this winter. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones

Commuters drive in front of Tiananmen Gate (back) during heavy air pollution in Beijing on January 30, 2013. Beijing urged residents to stay indoors on January 30 as emergency measures were rolled out aimed at countering a heavy cloud of smog blanketing the Chinese capital and swathes of the country. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON