BEIJING — To tempt tourists from heavily polluted north China to visit scenic Fujian in the nation’s southeast, the coastal province ran a clean-air tourism campaign earlier this year, with TV ads that concluded “Fresh Fujian, take a deep breath.”
If officials dare, a new punch line is now available: “Fresh Fujian, live longer.” A major study released Monday in the USA found that air pollution from burning coal has slashed 5.5 years off life expectancy in north China, compared with the less-polluted south.
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Calum MacLeod, USA Today via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/uLXoT0SB-qM/
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