In 1940 – 75 years ago- it was the newspapers that forced St. Louis to clean up its massive air pollution problem.

Beijing is St. Louis in 1940. – AP

Is this what it will take in China?

“Two hundred million and counting: That’s how many times a documentary
about China’s massive air pollution problem has been viewed online
since the weekend. Environmentalists are hailing it as an eye-opener
for Chinese citizens.” Anthony Kuhn reports for NPR’s All Things
Considered March 4, 2015 on the documentary  that has taken China by storm.