Ive always had a love-hate relationship with the Paris of the east, the pearl of the orient. I love the cold, but always hurt myself with its icy atmosphere. I respected the hard work its people relentlessly devote to economic progress but lamented the cost their sacrifice entailed. Today Beijing is at a critical level of air pollution. About 60% are infected with lung disease, word has it that the city may be evacuated and … Read the rest