You better name the part of China you visited. Because China is too big to draw a broad conclusion. When the gov announced their war on pollution, I was very m

You better name the part of China you visited. Because China is too big to draw a broad conclusion. When the gov announced their war on pollution, I was very much skeptical and wasn't expecting to see a big improvement in such a short time. Lots articles circulated in wechat were talking about moving to the south and immigrating to foreign countries two years ago, the high of the air pollution. Everyone was complaining. I think the Air pollution was on the verge of becoming a bigger problem that could harm the country stability and the party ruling. Then, We see the pros of authoritarian government in play, to echo another poster. From what I have heard, lot of factories got shutdown, or gone through mandated facility upgrades to meet the standard, cities are shamed by publishing the the worst polluted list in the national news. Air pollution became one of the local official KPIs. Beijing's air quality has dramatically improved this year. There were way more blue sky days than I expected. Granted, there are bad days like the passed few days in Beijing. But If the Gov keeps at it, I am hopeful that clean air is coming soon.